Bull Turns Two

[fitz]

Put this little Bull with cows around Thanksgiving for his first go. I left him with them until last Sunday. He turned two years old in Feb. Won't use him again until last of May. Talk about an easy life. Only doing 12 - 15 cows per visit it's like he's on vacation year round.

fitz

 

[branguscowgirl]

Yes, he has a good life! His belly shows it! The only thing he would like now is a girl or two per month, to keep in practice.......He's just sayin. :nod:

 

[Lazy M]

Wow, if he passes that thickness on to his offspring you need to introduce him to more cows..

 

[tnwalkingred]

Fitz,

Great looking bull! Looks like he didn't lose much if any body condition score over the winter. Hope he passes those same traits over to his progeny!

Kyle

 

[fitz]

Thanks, but he just isn't growing out like I had hoped. Maybe the "terrible two's". He sprained/twisted a hock early winter and had a pretty hard time with it. That in itself may present future problems. Good thing is they make 'em everyday.
Same bull at approx. 15 months:

fitz

 

[cmf1]

The bull you replaced for this one set a pretty high standard as I recall.
But you're right.
They haven't quit making them.

 

[tnwalkingred]

Fitz,

Are you wanting calves with a higher frame score than what you think this bull will pass on to his progeny?

Kyle

 

[fitz]

Fitz,

Are you wanting calves with a higher frame score than what you think this bull will pass on to his progeny?

Kyle

Well he was only a 5.25 as a yearling. I wasn't too concerned with that as I have some pretty big simmental cows. I've been working towards a more moderate frame cow anyway.
His numbers looked good to me as my main concern was I have 15, maybe 16 heifers I've held over from my last bull. So we'll see.

fitz

 

[AllForage]

Sure looks like a good one to me.

 

[Cross breeder #1]

Thats no big deal, most of my cows are 1250 as culls (8 years old) and have been in the feedlot for 30 days. They are about a 3-5 frame with maybe 2 cows being 6's. Out of 60 cows. Buying 5 frame bulls to increase cow size and growth.

 

[southernblues]

What kind of feed was he getting in that first pic? That's deep ribbed for such a young bull imo. Good looking -- just deeeeep.

 

[fitz]

What kind of feed was he getting in that first pic? That's deep ribbed for such a young bull imo. Good looking -- just deeeeep.

He was having a pretty rough time as I mentioned with that hock. Started falling off. It was bitter cold so I would single him out from the cows and give him 3 gal. of 13% pellets with crushed aspirin. He continued to get the pellets for approx. a month. But as I read on here, I find they probably weren't doing him any good. It did help with getting the aspirin in him.

fitz