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<blockquote data-quote="lithuanian farmer" data-source="post: 1461132" data-attributes="member: 19683"><p>I'm not an expert, but have some experience with them. Will try to answer to some of the questions.</p><p>1. Not sure about this. Have a few girls which have 25%BB in them, other breeds in them- not double muscled. Cows aren't that muscled. However, they throw more muscled calf no matter what bull you use, not 100% of times, calves from the same bull sometimes have more muscles, while next year the new calf will be nothing extreme.</p><p>2. I guess this was a fact even earlier. For example, dairy cows can calve BB calves pretty easily. I've some friends, who use BB bulls even on more muscled cows, like Limousine, Simmental, and usually don't have calving problems.</p><p>3-4. Yes, but not everywhere. Countries like Belgium, France, Netherlands haven't improved BB's calving ability. But if look at such countries as Denmark, Ireland and some other, there are herds 99% calving naturally.</p><p>5. Improved in this point too. Now they usually have better legs, bigger bones, larger pelvis.</p><p></p><p>This winter will try to use two AI BB bulls. One should be easy calving, BW 99lbs. I'm sure that for most of you it can hardly be considered as an easy calving, but we often have calves bigger than that. He will be used on a few easy calving matured cows. The second bull isn't easy calving. Actually, there is nothing written about his calving... Would like to use him on two cows. Both are pretty young. It's known that white BB's are abit easier calving than the blue ones.</p><p><a href="http://www.db.cschms.cz/english/index.php?page=resdet&pk=945501479" target="_blank">http://www.db.cschms.cz/english/index.p ... =945501479</a></p><p><a href="http://www.netbbg.com/netbbg.site/index.php/bull/grenadier-de-maurage/?lang=en" target="_blank">http://www.netbbg.com/netbbg.site/index ... e/?lang=en</a></p><p>I'd be the 1st time using BB bull on beefx cow. Have used only on dairy, without calving problems.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="lithuanian farmer, post: 1461132, member: 19683"] I'm not an expert, but have some experience with them. Will try to answer to some of the questions. 1. Not sure about this. Have a few girls which have 25%BB in them, other breeds in them- not double muscled. Cows aren't that muscled. However, they throw more muscled calf no matter what bull you use, not 100% of times, calves from the same bull sometimes have more muscles, while next year the new calf will be nothing extreme. 2. I guess this was a fact even earlier. For example, dairy cows can calve BB calves pretty easily. I've some friends, who use BB bulls even on more muscled cows, like Limousine, Simmental, and usually don't have calving problems. 3-4. Yes, but not everywhere. Countries like Belgium, France, Netherlands haven't improved BB's calving ability. But if look at such countries as Denmark, Ireland and some other, there are herds 99% calving naturally. 5. Improved in this point too. Now they usually have better legs, bigger bones, larger pelvis. This winter will try to use two AI BB bulls. One should be easy calving, BW 99lbs. I'm sure that for most of you it can hardly be considered as an easy calving, but we often have calves bigger than that. He will be used on a few easy calving matured cows. The second bull isn't easy calving. Actually, there is nothing written about his calving... Would like to use him on two cows. Both are pretty young. It's known that white BB's are abit easier calving than the blue ones. [url=http://www.db.cschms.cz/english/index.php?page=resdet&pk=945501479]http://www.db.cschms.cz/english/index.p ... =945501479[/url] [url=http://www.netbbg.com/netbbg.site/index.php/bull/grenadier-de-maurage/?lang=en]http://www.netbbg.com/netbbg.site/index ... e/?lang=en[/url] I'd be the 1st time using BB bull on beefx cow. Have used only on dairy, without calving problems. [/QUOTE]
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