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<blockquote data-quote="elkwc" data-source="post: 1529018" data-attributes="member: 22295"><p>IMO if you have old bloodlines especially I don't pay any attention to milk EPD. I looked at a bull out of a cow with a 9 milk EPD. She had raised 7 calves. Every bull was over 700 at 205 days with no creep and heifer avg was around 650 no creep. I asked the breeder about it and he said she had t he best udder in the herd and he wouldn't want one that milked any heavier. He said her sisters had similar milk EPD's. He said it goes back to the sire who was non mainstream bloodlines. I've seen several more instances very similar. I have a cow with a 20 milk EPD that starved her calf some as a heifer and as a cow is very marginal. Otherwise she raises nice calves. Calved the first heifer out of her and she has a perfect udder and plenty of milk. Again I try to look at the cow when selecting bulls and heifers.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="elkwc, post: 1529018, member: 22295"] IMO if you have old bloodlines especially I don't pay any attention to milk EPD. I looked at a bull out of a cow with a 9 milk EPD. She had raised 7 calves. Every bull was over 700 at 205 days with no creep and heifer avg was around 650 no creep. I asked the breeder about it and he said she had t he best udder in the herd and he wouldn't want one that milked any heavier. He said her sisters had similar milk EPD's. He said it goes back to the sire who was non mainstream bloodlines. I've seen several more instances very similar. I have a cow with a 20 milk EPD that starved her calf some as a heifer and as a cow is very marginal. Otherwise she raises nice calves. Calved the first heifer out of her and she has a perfect udder and plenty of milk. Again I try to look at the cow when selecting bulls and heifers. [/QUOTE]
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