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<blockquote data-quote="WalnutCrest" data-source="post: 1243923" data-attributes="member: 21715"><p>I know ... but the weights seem to make it seem like the sire is the AI bull ...</p><p></p><p>My thought is that its the AI Bull, and here's why:</p><p></p><p>* First timers are still growing, so calves are already going to be a bit smaller than average (BIF says that to adjust the BWs from first timers, you add 8lbs). So, if she was a mature cow, we'd be looking at a calf that was somewhere in the low-mid 80s (if we follow those averages).</p><p>* If it was the clean-up bull, and she was a week early and because she was a first timer, I'd speculate that the calf should have been somewhere in a range from the low to high 50s.</p><p>* But, as ANAZAZI noted, first timers are more likely to be early than late ... and when you add to it that all of the other AI calves came on time or a day or two early, thinking that this one calf would come two weeks late (even though it's a small sample size) doesn't seem to make sense.</p><p></p><p>All in all, it seemed like an interesting sort of puzzle to chew on for a while.</p><p></p><p>While my money is also on the AI sire, I'll have to wait until the lab sorts it out for us at some point before we register.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WalnutCrest, post: 1243923, member: 21715"] I know ... but the weights seem to make it seem like the sire is the AI bull ... My thought is that its the AI Bull, and here's why: * First timers are still growing, so calves are already going to be a bit smaller than average (BIF says that to adjust the BWs from first timers, you add 8lbs). So, if she was a mature cow, we'd be looking at a calf that was somewhere in the low-mid 80s (if we follow those averages). * If it was the clean-up bull, and she was a week early and because she was a first timer, I'd speculate that the calf should have been somewhere in a range from the low to high 50s. * But, as ANAZAZI noted, first timers are more likely to be early than late ... and when you add to it that all of the other AI calves came on time or a day or two early, thinking that this one calf would come two weeks late (even though it's a small sample size) doesn't seem to make sense. All in all, it seemed like an interesting sort of puzzle to chew on for a while. While my money is also on the AI sire, I'll have to wait until the lab sorts it out for us at some point before we register. [/QUOTE]
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