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<blockquote data-quote="pdfangus" data-source="post: 730670" data-attributes="member: 6543"><p>not going to recommend a breed.</p><p></p><p>but I recomend a purebred. more consistent.</p><p></p><p>look at lot of bulls and buy the best bull you can afford.</p><p></p><p>to handle the number you are talking about you will need a two year old bull. My rule of thumb for young bulls is one cow for every month of age. 15 month old bull 15 cows. 18 month old bull 18 cows.</p><p></p><p>the problem with a rotational crossing system is you are either always dealing with a lot of heifers or your bull won't fit a good part of the cow herd.</p><p></p><p>don't put so much emphasis on calving ease that you sacrifice growth. you sell pounds across the scale in most markets. too many folks won't look at bulls with bw epds over 1.5 or 2 and leave a lot of growth out of the equation. unless breeding a lot of heifers i would go birth weight epd as high as 4.5 or 5. Just don't want to keep stacking high birth weights. a cow should not have a problem calving to a bull like that. Precalving nutrition and time of year calving are factors in bw as well.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pdfangus, post: 730670, member: 6543"] not going to recommend a breed. but I recomend a purebred. more consistent. look at lot of bulls and buy the best bull you can afford. to handle the number you are talking about you will need a two year old bull. My rule of thumb for young bulls is one cow for every month of age. 15 month old bull 15 cows. 18 month old bull 18 cows. the problem with a rotational crossing system is you are either always dealing with a lot of heifers or your bull won't fit a good part of the cow herd. don't put so much emphasis on calving ease that you sacrifice growth. you sell pounds across the scale in most markets. too many folks won't look at bulls with bw epds over 1.5 or 2 and leave a lot of growth out of the equation. unless breeding a lot of heifers i would go birth weight epd as high as 4.5 or 5. Just don't want to keep stacking high birth weights. a cow should not have a problem calving to a bull like that. Precalving nutrition and time of year calving are factors in bw as well. [/QUOTE]
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