Thought I'd post a picture of one of my 2011 bull calves. He should make a great heifer bull. BW EPD is -4.1. He is definately not a growth bull but with that bw and a 36 PAP he will work for a lot of folks around here.
cow pollinater":u1u1notj said:Not to drag you off topic on the first post but at what elevation do you start seeing PAP scores as important?
-4.1 is pretty good for just about any breed. Even if you factor in the low reliability since he's still just a progeny himself he'd still likely be well below average.
MistyMorning":1sspzph3 said:Nice Vic, would he do okay at sea level than? ;-)
3waycross":38bx2x68 said:MistyMorning":38bx2x68 said:Nice Vic, would he do okay at sea level than? ;-)
Yeah sure you betcha! And we give a discount if you pick em up in person!
Isomade":15g01vto said:Good lookin bull 3way. With a -4.1 he should be save on a chihuahua.
3waycross":ktm14rox said:His DOB is 3/26/2011 and he weighed 72lbs.
His sire never produced a calf over 79lbs for me. I think his CE numbers should be very accurate.
tom4018":10a69t96 said:3waycross":10a69t96 said:His DOB is 3/26/2011 and he weighed 72lbs.
His sire never produced a calf over 79lbs for me. I think his CE numbers should be very accurate.
Got any idea what he weighs now?
3waycross":20f7s0wc said:Isomade":20f7s0wc said:Good lookin bull 3way. With a -4.1 he should be save on a chihuahua.
This is his full brother last year on test, showing his best side. He was fed harder than this calf and then I brought him down. I am doing it different this year.
Last years calf had a -2.8 BW EPD I am guessing that because of the calving ease numbers on the sire that the BW number is that much lower.
tom4018":5u4a0sz4 said:Must have been a old pic as I did not think he looked almost 11 months old in the picture.
I know what you mean about melting, seen several do that. I sold one of my bulls to my next door neighbor, he feeds some but I wondered how the bull would do. He got turned out last fall and he looks pretty good still, so maybe I did something right.
Massey135":3q0qng51 said:Nice bull 3way, he oughta do good back on some purebred cows. Had my first balancer calf out of a non papered purebred red angus and my lt gov son last weekend. The calf is jet black out of a hetero black bull and red cow. Another red angus had a red heifer pink nose this week too. I've also had a cpl hetero black cows throw red calves this year. The bull calf is stout made and his length of spine really reminds me of that 3/4 red balancer bull you had.