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<blockquote data-quote="Nesikep" data-source="post: 1114173" data-attributes="member: 9096"><p>Hillsdown's calf looked just fine, just a little slow to get going. I had one cow that had ordinary sized calves, then suddenly made monsters.. the whole herd average BW's went up at least 10 lb that year as well and never came back down. One of my friends needed a bull and I kept one that was 135 lb for him, and he has smaller cows (jersey, LH, herf) and it looks like he bred them when he was 11 months and 3 just calved.. all unassisted and about 70 lbs.. I think something happened around here, and that cow in particular to cause higher bw's that aren't necessarily genetic... and no, it wasn't colder winters. I think you need to look at everything... if the calf's sire and dam all have high BW histories, perhaps he should be banded, but if it seems like a freak thing, use him on bigger cows first and see what he does. Having 2 identical bull calves with only the BW different, you'd choose the lighter one of course.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nesikep, post: 1114173, member: 9096"] Hillsdown's calf looked just fine, just a little slow to get going. I had one cow that had ordinary sized calves, then suddenly made monsters.. the whole herd average BW's went up at least 10 lb that year as well and never came back down. One of my friends needed a bull and I kept one that was 135 lb for him, and he has smaller cows (jersey, LH, herf) and it looks like he bred them when he was 11 months and 3 just calved.. all unassisted and about 70 lbs.. I think something happened around here, and that cow in particular to cause higher bw's that aren't necessarily genetic... and no, it wasn't colder winters. I think you need to look at everything... if the calf's sire and dam all have high BW histories, perhaps he should be banded, but if it seems like a freak thing, use him on bigger cows first and see what he does. Having 2 identical bull calves with only the BW different, you'd choose the lighter one of course. [/QUOTE]
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