black maximizer bull calf

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black maximizer bull calf

Postby longhornlover3498 » Sat Jun 16, 2012 12:44 am

a first calf black max heifer had a bull this year and he's pretty nice. low birth weight,good max genetics and he's mostly black. we know who his sire is and we have had him on the property and handled him. but the calf is the herd bulls nephew and his sire is a brother to our previous bull. so he's related to some of the herd members but we would still like to keep him and breed him to the unrelated cows. we have 3 black angus that he might be able to breed when he's grown. what do you think? would you sell him? i'll try to post a pic tomarrow.
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Re: black maximizer bull calf

Postby regolith » Sat Jun 16, 2012 1:49 am

I'd sell him - no sense retaining a bull to run with three cows.
being a good operator simply increases the chances that the owner of your lease block will call it a good farm and sell it for way more than it's worth.
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Re: black maximizer bull calf

Postby Taurus » Sat Jun 16, 2012 8:36 am

Cut him and sell him. Three cows aren't enough to keep him stays in the pasture.
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Re: black maximizer bull calf

Postby longhornlover3498 » Sat Jun 16, 2012 2:52 pm

we have more than 3 cows that he can breed to. the guy we bought his mother from is interested in maybe buying him back as a yearling bull.
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Re: black maximizer bull calf

Postby Cross breeder #1 » Sun Jun 17, 2012 10:12 pm

sorry but what is a maximizer?
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Re: black maximizer bull calf

Postby Taurus » Sun Jun 17, 2012 10:58 pm

Cross breeder #1 wrote:sorry but what is a maximizer?
a black Angus x a continental breed, probably just a hyped up black angus crossbred.
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Re: black maximizer bull calf

Postby Old_man_emu » Mon Jun 18, 2012 3:11 am

Taurus wrote:
Cross breeder #1 wrote:sorry but what is a maximizer?
a black Angus x a continental breed, probably just a hyped up black angus crossbred.

The guy won't tell anyone what breeds he used until he gets the patent approved or something like that.
They are homozygous black and polled so he says hint hint...
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