bjandtheduke
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I have a regestered angus bull calf that we are having to bottle feed , we were going to raise him for a breeder bull will he make a breeder bull
bjandtheduke":2z3eukke said:I have a regestered angus bull calf that we are having to bottle feed , we were going to raise him for a breeder bull will he make a breeder bull
Just because he is a bottle calf there is no reason to assume he will be sterile. If that was the case dairys wuld have been out of business a long time ago because there wouldn;t be any bulls to breed. And just because he is a bottle calf doesn;t mean he won;t grow out to his potential. Proprely raised nutritionaly he will grow out fine. Someone posted abull on here not too long ago that pretty well demonstrates thatAlan":2l1poscm said:Did you buy him from the neighbor that said he would be sterile? From what I have learned here and elsewhere, best to make him a freezer steer. If he has that good of bull potential he be great as a steer. It was proven to me that bottle calves just don't grow out like nursing calves.
JMO. good luck,
Alan
bjandtheduke":ckzwb96x said:no didn`t buy him from that neighbor . he just said just about all bottle fed calves are steril and not knowing couldnt argue the fact , the guy we got him from bottle raised a bull he uses for breeding or he says so i thouhgt i might give it a try if it was something that would work for me
thanks
Since most bottle calves are weaned at 8 weeks it would be pretty tough to wean one at those weights, but at 7 months there is o reason they wouldn;t be there IF they are properly raised post weaningtncattle467":3g087d8i said:bjandtheduke":3g087d8i said:I have a regestered angus bull calf that we are having to bottle feed , we were going to raise him for a breeder bull will he make a breeder bull
In my honest opinion! NO I do not use a bull that weans under 650 pounds at 205 days old and most of my buddies dont either. He will probably be pot gutted etc. I would say he would pass crap genetics on to his calves. That is just my opinion and I am sure I will take flack for it but after using bulls whos weaning weights are 777 at 205 (not adjusted) and 788 at 205 (not adjusted) they just made alot of difference over the previous bull I used who had 663 pound 205 weight. Sure as dun said you can raise a bottle calf to perform as good as a regular calf but it will cost a whole heck of alot more.
tncattle467":3h8rs4vm said:He will probably be pot gutted etc.
rkm":3kt4gdtv said:How a bull is fed will not change his genics.
what a load, i aint ever read such bull shttncattle467":2cj3fcbk said:bjandtheduke":2cj3fcbk said:I have a regestered angus bull calf that we are having to bottle feed , we were going to raise him for a breeder bull will he make a breeder bull
In my honest opinion! NO I do not use a bull that weans under 650 pounds at 205 days old and most of my buddies dont either. He will probably be pot gutted etc. I would say he would pass crap genetics on to his calves. That is just my opinion and I am sure I will take flack for it but after using bulls whos weaning weights are 777 at 205 (not adjusted) and 788 at 205 (not adjusted) they just made alot of difference over the previous bull I used who had 663 pound 205 weight. Sure as dun said you can raise a bottle calf to perform as good as a regular calf but it will cost a whole heck of alot more.
I concure, loads of it.......!alacattleman":2pv9f1p6 said:what a load, i aint ever read such bull sht