bull calves

[uplandnut]

I had a mix of bull and heifer calves last year and never gave it much thought but should you wean bull calves earlier than the optimum 7 month weaning time frame? Only thought for this is to prevent heifers in the pasture from being bred by young bulls. Just looking for opinions, and what others do? Thanks

 

[dun]

We wean bulls, steers and heifers all at the same time, arournd 6 1/2 to 7 months. At weaning we give the heifers a shot of lut then when we booster them 3 weeks later we give them another one.

 

[Rafter S]

Are you selling or keeping the bull calves as breeding stock?

 

[Lazy M]

We wean bulls, steers and heifers all at the same time, arournd 6 1/2 to 7 months. At weaning we give the heifers a shot of lut then when we booster them 3 weeks later we give them another one.

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[uplandnut]

Rafter S, I have one bull calf that I really like so I elected to not band him right away to see how he develops. Just curious, cause we had a situation a couple years ago where the wife bought a yearling race horse and it had been bred by a yearling stud in the same pen, breeders didn't think they had to worry about the yearlings yet. Didn't want the same thing to happen with the calves. I planned pulling the calves off when they hit 7 months just wanted to get some thoughts from more experience. Thanks