Motto:
"Overall Performance Selection - Emphasizing Maternal Strengths".
Only the most complete females in the breed have stayed in our herd. These females have been mated to the most complete bulls in the breed. The parentage of new bloodlines and their overall performance has also been important. Single trait selection at the expense of other important traits has not been a part of our program.
Big Deal Harmony & Big Deal Performance
Maternal Strengths:
Maternal Strengths in our program is lots of milk and more. We have raised purebred calves with 200 day weights over 700 pounds. Maternal strengths in our program also includes longevity, structural soundness, good feet, strong pasterns, proper leg set, angular shoulder and hip set, strong udder attachments, small teats, good mothering and herding instincts, etc.
Growthiness:Growthiness is layered into our program by using high gaining bulls off females that meet the above maternal characteristics. Selecting for large birth weights or large mature size in hopes that rate of gain will follow is not part of our program. We simply select for rate of gain. Big Deal bulls have sired performance tested bull calves gaining up to 4.44 lbs/day.
Calving Ease:
Calving ease in our program is low birth weights and more. It is slight, angular calves born unassisted. It is selecting for roomy heifers, with lots of pelvic slope. We believe in taking advantage of the exceptions in our gene pool. We have females in our herd, with pelvic areas at a year of age, measuring over 300 sq. cm. giving birth to calves under 70 lbs.. Our calving ease bulls are used on our first calf heifers. This way calving ease is continually integrated into our overall program.
Big Deal Trans Am (blk)
Fertility:
Fertility is an over riding criteria to all of the above. Fertility in our program is large scrotal circumferences and more. Fertility is males with large, properly formed and properly attached testis with the structural soundness and libido to settle females run under harsh environmental conditions. Fertility is females that mature early and rebreed consistently.
Big Deal Lorado
"For Repeatability and Generations of Superior Genetics try Big Deal"
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