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<blockquote data-quote="randiliana" data-source="post: 535668" data-attributes="member: 2308"><p>There are so many reasons for stuff like this to happen. Most of them have already been covered by others. If you are sure your heifers were cycling properly, and there is no disease involved, here are a couple of scenarios.</p><p></p><p>1. We had a situation very similar to yours. Was a yearling Red Angus bull that we were using on cows. We noticed the problem when we had lots of cows late in the breeding season still cycling. Turned out, that we didn't get 1 calf out of the bull. His semen test was 90%, and we saw him mounting cows. So it wasn't libido either. What it was, was that he did not have enough extension, and essentially try as hard as he could, he could not get his penis into a cow. The breeder made good on him though. We got full credit on the bull. Not much else that could have been done, as it was the end of our breeding season.</p><p></p><p>2. Same year, same breeder, but a different bull buyer. This bull, would only mount the cows from the front. Pretty hard to get a cow bred that way...... Again, breeder made good on the bull, even though he had a hard time believing that story. Got him home, turned him in with some cows, and he watched as that bull mounted their heads.</p><p></p><p>So there are a couple scenarios, that could be what you are experiencing. But, if your bull is testing good, you need to watch and see why he isn't breeding the heifers. Either they aren't cycling, there is some disease at work, or your bull has issues. If it is the bull, you need to know what the problem is. Is he not interested (or not very), is he mixed up about which end to go to, or is it a physical problem such as a lack of extension? Or perhaps it is something even more bizzare?? Watch him and see. Then get the breeder there to see for himself, and if he still won't make good, go somewhere else for sure. But, you need to know what the issue is first. Look at the problem from his side as well. He doesn't know what your heifers are like, or even if they are breedable. Good luck, and I hope you get a good solution to this problem.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="randiliana, post: 535668, member: 2308"] There are so many reasons for stuff like this to happen. Most of them have already been covered by others. If you are sure your heifers were cycling properly, and there is no disease involved, here are a couple of scenarios. 1. We had a situation very similar to yours. Was a yearling Red Angus bull that we were using on cows. We noticed the problem when we had lots of cows late in the breeding season still cycling. Turned out, that we didn't get 1 calf out of the bull. His semen test was 90%, and we saw him mounting cows. So it wasn't libido either. What it was, was that he did not have enough extension, and essentially try as hard as he could, he could not get his penis into a cow. The breeder made good on him though. We got full credit on the bull. Not much else that could have been done, as it was the end of our breeding season. 2. Same year, same breeder, but a different bull buyer. This bull, would only mount the cows from the front. Pretty hard to get a cow bred that way...... Again, breeder made good on the bull, even though he had a hard time believing that story. Got him home, turned him in with some cows, and he watched as that bull mounted their heads. So there are a couple scenarios, that could be what you are experiencing. But, if your bull is testing good, you need to watch and see why he isn't breeding the heifers. Either they aren't cycling, there is some disease at work, or your bull has issues. If it is the bull, you need to know what the problem is. Is he not interested (or not very), is he mixed up about which end to go to, or is it a physical problem such as a lack of extension? Or perhaps it is something even more bizzare?? Watch him and see. Then get the breeder there to see for himself, and if he still won't make good, go somewhere else for sure. But, you need to know what the issue is first. Look at the problem from his side as well. He doesn't know what your heifers are like, or even if they are breedable. Good luck, and I hope you get a good solution to this problem. [/QUOTE]
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