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Udders influenced by bulls?
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<blockquote data-quote="farmerjan" data-source="post: 1851597" data-attributes="member: 25884"><p>If the calf can suck without much help... and will probably favor the back teats the first few days in my experience... at 12, I would not be so critical... </p><p>If she was 6 like [USER=24024]@pdubdo[/USER] 's cow, I probably would not keep a bull calf for a possible herd sire. I would however, not , just can her heifers. It is a heritable trait to a degree.. but her heifers might not have bad udders all according to the bull they were out of... and if you have a little time or patience, getting her milked out the first time or 2 so the teats would be a bit smaller and softer, then with all the other pluses, I would keep her and be very careful of the bull I use on her so that her heifers had a better chance of a smaller teat size. And if you used a bull with his dam having an exceptional udder, then he might not be so bad a herd sire... but I don't think I would use her as a sire producer.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="farmerjan, post: 1851597, member: 25884"] If the calf can suck without much help... and will probably favor the back teats the first few days in my experience... at 12, I would not be so critical... If she was 6 like [USER=24024]@pdubdo[/USER] 's cow, I probably would not keep a bull calf for a possible herd sire. I would however, not , just can her heifers. It is a heritable trait to a degree.. but her heifers might not have bad udders all according to the bull they were out of... and if you have a little time or patience, getting her milked out the first time or 2 so the teats would be a bit smaller and softer, then with all the other pluses, I would keep her and be very careful of the bull I use on her so that her heifers had a better chance of a smaller teat size. And if you used a bull with his dam having an exceptional udder, then he might not be so bad a herd sire... but I don't think I would use her as a sire producer. [/QUOTE]
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