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15 month old bull calf didn't get he job done...
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<blockquote data-quote="raykour" data-source="post: 859870" data-attributes="member: 16801"><p>Char Bull belongs to a friend. Bull was a yearling in March, turned in with 10 cows in May. 5 of those cows (all 6 year olds) were taken to the sale barn 2 weeks ago and of those 4 were checked as open. The other 5 cows have not been checked, but minus the open 4 that is 60% open. </p><p></p><p>He is now out with my cows, I have a few that could be fall calvers if he could get the job done. I agreed to winter this bull if I could use him next spring. I had a hard time joining him up with the herd he would have rather stayed up here snugging up to my steers Finally got him out with the ladies, several of which are open and cycling. Found him 48 hours later with my horse herd, nearly 1/2 mile away from the females. Got him joined back up again and he has stayed with his own kind. </p><p></p><p>He is 18 months old now. To me, his scrotum/testicles look small. Maybe he was just too young to breed all 10 cows in a 70 day period (most of the cows had calved in March, so they were cycling for the full 70 days) but this additional behavior has me concerned. I don't want to winter a queer bull. Should I fertility test him or is 40% open for a young bull a common occurence.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="raykour, post: 859870, member: 16801"] Char Bull belongs to a friend. Bull was a yearling in March, turned in with 10 cows in May. 5 of those cows (all 6 year olds) were taken to the sale barn 2 weeks ago and of those 4 were checked as open. The other 5 cows have not been checked, but minus the open 4 that is 60% open. He is now out with my cows, I have a few that could be fall calvers if he could get the job done. I agreed to winter this bull if I could use him next spring. I had a hard time joining him up with the herd he would have rather stayed up here snugging up to my steers Finally got him out with the ladies, several of which are open and cycling. Found him 48 hours later with my horse herd, nearly 1/2 mile away from the females. Got him joined back up again and he has stayed with his own kind. He is 18 months old now. To me, his scrotum/testicles look small. Maybe he was just too young to breed all 10 cows in a 70 day period (most of the cows had calved in March, so they were cycling for the full 70 days) but this additional behavior has me concerned. I don't want to winter a queer bull. Should I fertility test him or is 40% open for a young bull a common occurence. [/QUOTE]
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