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<blockquote data-quote="brandonm_13" data-source="post: 513061" data-attributes="member: 7875"><p>I was wondering about the BWT EPD as well. I know I've seen quite a few high calving ease bulls that were higher birthweight themselves, and have a moderate BW EPD. I just wonder sometimes about using them on heifers.</p><p></p><p>Dealing with the size of cow, here is my take. The larger the animal, the longer the gastrointestinal tract(GI). The longer the GI tract, the less efficient the cow is in converting feed into meat. In my area, predators are not much of a problem. There are lots of houses around and pastures are usually smaller in size, so smaller cows work for me. If I was out west, and was running cattle on a large spread, a larger cow might be less prone to predator attacks, as well as many other things. I would still probably keep away from the extremes on both ends.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="brandonm_13, post: 513061, member: 7875"] I was wondering about the BWT EPD as well. I know I've seen quite a few high calving ease bulls that were higher birthweight themselves, and have a moderate BW EPD. I just wonder sometimes about using them on heifers. Dealing with the size of cow, here is my take. The larger the animal, the longer the gastrointestinal tract(GI). The longer the GI tract, the less efficient the cow is in converting feed into meat. In my area, predators are not much of a problem. There are lots of houses around and pastures are usually smaller in size, so smaller cows work for me. If I was out west, and was running cattle on a large spread, a larger cow might be less prone to predator attacks, as well as many other things. I would still probably keep away from the extremes on both ends. [/QUOTE]
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