kfacres
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Curious to see what everyone considers one. Other than multiple years of proven unassisted calves. I would like to know # of calves and # of years- if you have a standard.
The question arises from our newest calving ease herd sire purchase from a year ago. HE was purchased to do mainly one thing- make heifers calve easy!
We've had 10 go in the last month- zero assisted, all up nursing while wet, and have plenty of vigor- none were hauled in to the barn to get started- all ran in alongsided cow from pasture. All but one of the calves fell within the 55-65 lb range- the outliner weighed 47. We've got another 10 that look to calve in the next week, and we don't expect anything different from them. All of the calves look like cookie cutters, identical considering their mothers are of variety. I know we're a long ways off from "sure fire"; but I sure think we're almost getting there! What do you think?
The question arises from our newest calving ease herd sire purchase from a year ago. HE was purchased to do mainly one thing- make heifers calve easy!
We've had 10 go in the last month- zero assisted, all up nursing while wet, and have plenty of vigor- none were hauled in to the barn to get started- all ran in alongsided cow from pasture. All but one of the calves fell within the 55-65 lb range- the outliner weighed 47. We've got another 10 that look to calve in the next week, and we don't expect anything different from them. All of the calves look like cookie cutters, identical considering their mothers are of variety. I know we're a long ways off from "sure fire"; but I sure think we're almost getting there! What do you think?