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Breeding / Calving Issues
what happened to the calving ease?
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<blockquote data-quote="Frankie" data-source="post: 721672" data-attributes="member: 13"><p>Ouch. EPDs are the best indicator of a bull's breeding value. As you know, though, they aren't magic, but even the low accuracy ones are better than eyeballing a bull. I'd encourage people to look at the pedigrees of bulls they're interested in, both top and bottom of pedigrees. If you breed a bull with a 5 BW EPD to a cow with a negative (-) BW EPD you might get a calf with an average BW EPD. But that won't necessarily be what you wind up with when the calves start coming. Good luck with the rest of the calves.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Frankie, post: 721672, member: 13"] Ouch. EPDs are the best indicator of a bull's breeding value. As you know, though, they aren't magic, but even the low accuracy ones are better than eyeballing a bull. I'd encourage people to look at the pedigrees of bulls they're interested in, both top and bottom of pedigrees. If you breed a bull with a 5 BW EPD to a cow with a negative (-) BW EPD you might get a calf with an average BW EPD. But that won't necessarily be what you wind up with when the calves start coming. Good luck with the rest of the calves. [/QUOTE]
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