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Thanks for the reply. We are only ultrasounding sale cattle. If they are AI bred it should add value. In theory.

The cows are due to calve mid-March. So about 7 to 8 months.

We AI all our cows once. Then we wait a week and put a clean up bull in with them. If you have a vet ultrasound preg check them can they tell which bull the cow is bred to? How about sex the calves? The cattle are AI bred to calve mid-March.

Many of our Limousin calves are born a burnt red/brown color. They turn black with maturity. However they never look that red. Let's see what it looks like in a couple of months.

This one is a little off subject, but it brings up a good point. When I was younger my uncle would breed every one of his dairy heifers to a hereford bull. Calving ease I suppose. My dad, also a dairy farmer at the time was disgusted. He believes that if you have any kind of a breeding...

If you are looking at using a Limousin bull look for CED mostly then BW. GL is no longer useed since the Limousin breed has started with the Calving Ease Direct epd. They do factor gestation length in when calculating the CED epd however. As was mentioned before use bulls with high...

If you do use a electric fence make sure all the wires have current. Otherwise you may have them pushing a dead wire into a live one making them all useless. If the bulls aren't familar with an electric fence put one strand in a corral with them. Curiosity will take care of the rest.