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<blockquote data-quote="bandit80" data-source="post: 535595" data-attributes="member: 7956"><p>Lots of potential problems here. </p><p></p><p>I assume you have never had a problem with fertility in your heifers before???</p><p></p><p>Have your heifers been vaccinated for things like Lepto? Kind of goes with question 1. </p><p></p><p>TB hit on a couple of things. I would make sure there is no problem with your heifers first, and just because you haven't in the past doesn't mean you don't have a problem this year. I am also not saying there is a problem, but you want to be sure you don't bark up the wrong tree off the bat. </p><p></p><p>Did the bull come to you in proper condition for breeding?? Was he too fat? Brother and I had a bad experience long time ago with a bull we bought. The breeder had them on a high concentrate diet, and the bull was simply too fat. Looked like a feedlot steer. Hindsight being 20/20, we were not real experienced in the cow/calf business. Long story short, bull's condition went downhill faster than Chevy Chase in Christmas Vacation. He only bred 2 or 3 of the 15 cows he was with. The breeder replaced the bull at their sale the next year. This bull was in better condition, but he had such a low libido, he wouldn't breed any cows. Most of his cows he was with came up open. We put him in a pen with cows that were in standing heat, and he wouldn't breed them. Nature lost it's course with that bull somewhere along the lines. Needless to say we didn't and never will buy another bull from them. </p><p></p><p>Did the bull injure a leg during breeding season that went undetected??</p><p></p><p>If the bull passed a BSE, hard to believe it is entirely the bull's fault, unless he just has no libido.</p><p></p><p>Crappy situation no matter what the problem is. I can see his stance, in that if the bull passed a BSE before and after breeding, hard to say what to do. He should have explained what his guarantee was. That he will pass a BSE, not give you any calving problems, etc. Hope you can get it worked out.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bandit80, post: 535595, member: 7956"] Lots of potential problems here. I assume you have never had a problem with fertility in your heifers before??? Have your heifers been vaccinated for things like Lepto? Kind of goes with question 1. TB hit on a couple of things. I would make sure there is no problem with your heifers first, and just because you haven't in the past doesn't mean you don't have a problem this year. I am also not saying there is a problem, but you want to be sure you don't bark up the wrong tree off the bat. Did the bull come to you in proper condition for breeding?? Was he too fat? Brother and I had a bad experience long time ago with a bull we bought. The breeder had them on a high concentrate diet, and the bull was simply too fat. Looked like a feedlot steer. Hindsight being 20/20, we were not real experienced in the cow/calf business. Long story short, bull's condition went downhill faster than Chevy Chase in Christmas Vacation. He only bred 2 or 3 of the 15 cows he was with. The breeder replaced the bull at their sale the next year. This bull was in better condition, but he had such a low libido, he wouldn't breed any cows. Most of his cows he was with came up open. We put him in a pen with cows that were in standing heat, and he wouldn't breed them. Nature lost it's course with that bull somewhere along the lines. Needless to say we didn't and never will buy another bull from them. Did the bull injure a leg during breeding season that went undetected?? If the bull passed a BSE, hard to believe it is entirely the bull's fault, unless he just has no libido. Crappy situation no matter what the problem is. I can see his stance, in that if the bull passed a BSE before and after breeding, hard to say what to do. He should have explained what his guarantee was. That he will pass a BSE, not give you any calving problems, etc. Hope you can get it worked out. [/QUOTE]
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