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We had an old girl around here. Finally sent her away last fall at the age of 16. Always brought in a good calf in the fall. Really the type of cow every one of us would want to have. But every year when she started to calve, she would spend hours claiming other calves as her own before she...

It could just be that cows aren't smart

We had one last year. Looked nearly identical to the one pictured other than it was tan. Luckily we were able to pull the calf as it came backwards. Mom and dad are getting it taxidermied. Which is repulsive, but that's another story.

Is that 3 or 4 out of 30, or 3 or 4 out of a 1000? We have always preg checked the heifers and found some that would never breed but never measured.

Curious, what percentage of heifers aren't passing the pelvic test?

Does pelvic measuring really help? If I am selecting that heifer based on her body composition and frame type, using her mother as an example and mating her to a heifer bull, is it worth the money?