Bull filling out

[blackladies]

Hard to tell for me what a bull calf will look like. Just an update on how this beefmaster bull is filling out as he ages.

 

[blackladies]

Don't feed grain, will give some cubes every now and then to keep them coming to the corral but been a couple months since they had anything.

 

[farmerjan]

Looks pretty nice to me. He is evenly balanced from what you can see in the picture. He seems a little stretched out, but that could just be how he decided to stand at the time, front legs a little forward of his shoulders.... not standing straight on "4 pegs" so to speak. How is his gait, does he walk good, evenly...???
Seems to have a nice quiet manner about him from just looking at the picture... doesn't look like alot bothers him.

 

[blackladies]

Pretty easy going, would much rather have that than something always trying to push through a fence. Walks alright, kind of maybe like he is the head honcho/bowlegged. But if he has to hustle has a decent gait.

 

[kenny thomas]

I like him better than lots bulls i see.

 

[Warren Allison]

Hard to tell for me what a bull calf will look like. Just an update on how this beefmaster bull is filling out as he ages.

How old is he now?

 

[blackladies]

How old is he now?

I think I've posted his papers before but again because it's been a bit. So 2 years and some.

 

[Brute 23]

Good looking bull.

 

[Louthelivestockguy]

He appears somewhat short legged for me. For 2 years old, I would like to see more neck muscling, but being on grass will take him longer to mature. I think that's why everyone that supplies bulls feed them grain is to speed up maturity, but I could be wrong?!!

 

[simme]

He appears somewhat short legged for me. For 2 years old, I would like to see more neck muscling, but being on grass will take him longer to mature. I think that's why everyone that supplies bulls feed them grain is to speed up maturity, but I could be wrong?!!

The dilemma - develop bulls slowly and most buyers will go elsewhere for "better growth". Feed them heavy, sell them and risk comments "those bulls don't last". Many buyers know better, but can't resist an overfed bull.

 

[Jeanne - Simme Valley]

looks well muscled. My concern is the back legs' position. This is typical stance for a post-legged bovine.

 

[Logan52]

I notice he is a dun. I never have had a dun bull or cow except maybe a Jersey cross or two. How does he color his calves out of a mixed up herd of black cows?
I know color does not really matter, but it does effect the price the calves bring at the stock yards.

 

[blackladies]

I notice he is a dun. I never have had a dun bull or cow except maybe a Jersey cross or two. How does he color his calves out of a mixed up herd of black cows?
I know color does not really matter, but it does effect the price the calves bring at the stock yards.

The ones that he has clearly got are still black. His dam is black as well not sure if that matters. Probably going to keep some heifers out of him then get a homo black/polled angus or simangus.

 

[blackladies]

looks well muscled. My concern is the back legs' position. This is typical stance for a post-legged bovine.

Maybe, I've seen Trvlr mention the post legged thing as well I think. Still not sure exactly what to look for with that. I'm a hands on kind of person, can read about it all day but till I go out in a field of cows/bulls and have someone point out ones that are post legged and ones that aren't I'll have problems.

 

[Jeanne - Simme Valley]

Well. As he stands, you can draw a STRAIGHT line all the way down his leg. An animal that has too much bend at the hock is called sickle hockey (like a sickle).
A sickle hock animal will outlast a post legged.
Post leg has bone on bone. No cushion.

 

[puzzled in oregon]

Bull soundness - structural

www.dpi.nsw.gov.au

This might help. If I still have a photo of a bull I bought a few months back, I will put it on here, I thought his back legs were to straight.