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what is the best bull for increasing weaning weights?
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<blockquote data-quote="SEC" data-source="post: 414932" data-attributes="member: 3241"><p>Use a bull with some bwt in him, nothing silly. If you want muscle you GENERALLY have to have a little birthweight. The bulls that are born at 65lbs and have YWT's of 1500 are 99% guts and you won't find any butts.</p><p></p><p>Why do you need higher weaning weights? </p><p></p><p>BWT and calving ease aren't neccesarily related, that's what gets the commercial breeders discounting bulls that have that "certain" bwt.</p><p></p><p>We breed our keeper heifers to just about anything and they have worked just fine. We had a bull that was 98lbs at birth and had a bwt EPD of 4.5 calved heifers like a damn.</p><p></p><p>Rather than protecting our herds from some birthweight we shold expose them to some and make sure they still know how to calve. I am not talking 120lbs calves, but the calves that are born at 95-105lbs are 99% impressive in the fall.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SEC, post: 414932, member: 3241"] Use a bull with some bwt in him, nothing silly. If you want muscle you GENERALLY have to have a little birthweight. The bulls that are born at 65lbs and have YWT's of 1500 are 99% guts and you won't find any butts. Why do you need higher weaning weights? BWT and calving ease aren't neccesarily related, that's what gets the commercial breeders discounting bulls that have that "certain" bwt. We breed our keeper heifers to just about anything and they have worked just fine. We had a bull that was 98lbs at birth and had a bwt EPD of 4.5 calved heifers like a damn. Rather than protecting our herds from some birthweight we shold expose them to some and make sure they still know how to calve. I am not talking 120lbs calves, but the calves that are born at 95-105lbs are 99% impressive in the fall. [/QUOTE]
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