You would have a longer breeding season than here. Most would be bred by the calves hitting 4 months old except for those few headed to be culled for missing. I see bull calves riding cows that the bull has no interest in when the bulls are out. It seems to be a hobby and a gang mentality. Some are accurate, no doubt. But I'd just as soon let the calves grow instead of lose weight and having rectal prolapse.Nesikep said:my 4 month old follows them as much as the big bull will let him
Ebenezer said:You would have a longer breeding season than here. Most would be bred by the calves hitting 4 months old except for those few headed to be culled for missing. I see bull calves riding cows that the bull has no interest in when the bulls are out. It seems to be a hobby and a gang mentality. Some are accurate, no doubt. But I'd just as soon let the calves grow instead of lose weight and having rectal prolapse.Nesikep said:my 4 month old follows them as much as the big bull will let him
I would be a little concerned about who the daddy was with 7 month old bull calves running around. Yes, they are a little short, but where there is a will, there is a way.Backbone Ranch said:We have a number of fall calves from first calf heifers that we used as heat detectors on our spring calving group. This was the first year that we AIed on a natural heat. We used the heat detection patches, but the cows were in a heavily wooded pasture and the heat detection stickers quickly became scratched up. Despite the rain that we had during the 21 day AI season, the 7 month old bull calves helped us catch 7 or 8 of the 12 individuals that we had picked out to AI this year. I am sure that the other 5 came in to heat during the 4-5 day rainy period when they were constantly bedded down. During the dry spell, if a cow came into heat, she would have at least 4 or 5 bull calves around her for at least 6-12 hours. We were quite happy with using them as heat detectors.