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<blockquote data-quote="cypressfarms" data-source="post: 606955" data-attributes="member: 2653"><p>The story behind the story:</p><p></p><p>This bull was born Jan 2004. I bought him as a long yearling for $1500. I saw his moma and sire on the Brangus farm that I bought him from. Both of his parents were excellent specimens phenotypically, and this bulls epd's are very good - low birthweight. From looking at his parents, I would have no trouble retaining heifers. I posted a picture of him as a yearling, and he earned the nickname "hatchett butt". Everyone on the board seemed to think that he should be culled, and would never be a "good" bull. I took a lot of flack about this bull on CT. I still joke about it from time to time. </p><p></p><p>In late 2006 my herd took a change, and I found myself with predominately brangus cows. At that point, I needed a different breed bull to keep hybrid vigor going (I'm strictly a commercial cow/calf person). My dad had been with me when we picked the bull out, and had always like him. It was an easy out for me - I brought the bull to my dad's to let him service the cows there. Since then, this bull has filled out remarkably well. To date he has sired over 100 calves (3 calf crops) and not one lost calf, yes zero calves lost to varying cows. All calves have been in the 60 to 80 pound range with a couple of exceptions. All have looked really nice, weaning around a 550 pound average (205 days).This year I have kept a couple of heifers from him to see how they do. This bull has never been on a "feed" regiment like most bull "suppliers" have, he's always been on grass.</p><p></p><p>So I guess the question is with a slow maturing breed, how much creedence can be given to the phenotype of a bull and at what age? This bull has grown nicely, filling in the hatchett butt and losing a good bit of the loose sheath that he had. If I made a decision to keep/cull as a yearling, I would have culled him. Knowing his parents, I wanted to see how he would do. In my opinion, he's matured really nicely. He's one of the calmest bulls I've been around, and I can honestly say that I'm glad I kept him. If he'd been fed heavily as a calf, he would have obviously filled in, knowing his genetic capability now.</p><p></p><p>Here's a pic of him as a yearling:</p><p></p><p><img src="http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c28/cypressfarms/hatchettasyearling.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cypressfarms, post: 606955, member: 2653"] The story behind the story: This bull was born Jan 2004. I bought him as a long yearling for $1500. I saw his moma and sire on the Brangus farm that I bought him from. Both of his parents were excellent specimens phenotypically, and this bulls epd's are very good - low birthweight. From looking at his parents, I would have no trouble retaining heifers. I posted a picture of him as a yearling, and he earned the nickname "hatchett butt". Everyone on the board seemed to think that he should be culled, and would never be a "good" bull. I took a lot of flack about this bull on CT. I still joke about it from time to time. In late 2006 my herd took a change, and I found myself with predominately brangus cows. At that point, I needed a different breed bull to keep hybrid vigor going (I'm strictly a commercial cow/calf person). My dad had been with me when we picked the bull out, and had always like him. It was an easy out for me - I brought the bull to my dad's to let him service the cows there. Since then, this bull has filled out remarkably well. To date he has sired over 100 calves (3 calf crops) and not one lost calf, yes zero calves lost to varying cows. All calves have been in the 60 to 80 pound range with a couple of exceptions. All have looked really nice, weaning around a 550 pound average (205 days).This year I have kept a couple of heifers from him to see how they do. This bull has never been on a "feed" regiment like most bull "suppliers" have, he's always been on grass. So I guess the question is with a slow maturing breed, how much creedence can be given to the phenotype of a bull and at what age? This bull has grown nicely, filling in the hatchett butt and losing a good bit of the loose sheath that he had. If I made a decision to keep/cull as a yearling, I would have culled him. Knowing his parents, I wanted to see how he would do. In my opinion, he's matured really nicely. He's one of the calmest bulls I've been around, and I can honestly say that I'm glad I kept him. If he'd been fed heavily as a calf, he would have obviously filled in, knowing his genetic capability now. Here's a pic of him as a yearling: [img]http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c28/cypressfarms/hatchettasyearling.jpg[/img] [/QUOTE]
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