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When keeping replacements, what criteria do you look for?
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<blockquote data-quote="TheBullLady" data-source="post: 49665" data-attributes="member: 173"><p>Funny.. it seems the more years we spend doing this, our objectives and likes and dislikes seem to change.</p><p></p><p>Especially with Brahman influenced cattle.. we watch udders, feet and legs and disposition. These traits have a high rait of inheritability, so it's hard to breed it out of progeny over time. (And I'm not going to live forever) Better to start with good basics, and work on some of the less important traits.</p><p></p><p>With the Simmental cattle we watch frame size and post legged-ness. Like Dun.. we won't keep anything we wouldn't consider buying. </p><p></p><p>Bloodlines with registered cattle have gotten less and less important to me over the years. I think many times with registered cattle, certain bloodlines are promoted more aggressively than others, which doesn't mean they are the best. You have to be able to take a lot of things into consideration, and make the best choice for what you are trying to achieve.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheBullLady, post: 49665, member: 173"] Funny.. it seems the more years we spend doing this, our objectives and likes and dislikes seem to change. Especially with Brahman influenced cattle.. we watch udders, feet and legs and disposition. These traits have a high rait of inheritability, so it's hard to breed it out of progeny over time. (And I'm not going to live forever) Better to start with good basics, and work on some of the less important traits. With the Simmental cattle we watch frame size and post legged-ness. Like Dun.. we won't keep anything we wouldn't consider buying. Bloodlines with registered cattle have gotten less and less important to me over the years. I think many times with registered cattle, certain bloodlines are promoted more aggressively than others, which doesn't mean they are the best. You have to be able to take a lot of things into consideration, and make the best choice for what you are trying to achieve. [/QUOTE]
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