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<blockquote data-quote="farmerjan" data-source="post: 1429030" data-attributes="member: 25884"><p>We try to keep no more than 12-15 females with a young bull. Most are 15-18 months when we use them the first time and it is often with only 10-12 head. Try not to use too young a bull with older mature cows as they can be pretty mean to a young bull. Like them to not want to bully a young bull so fewer cows seems to be better for his "ego" too. </p><p>Stunting his growth is more from too many cows and not enough food to keep his condition up. If he is a bull that was getting alot of feed then he might lose some weight, but at 18 months he won't be stunted unless you are asking him to breed 20 hours a day. On 9 cows he ought to do just fine.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="farmerjan, post: 1429030, member: 25884"] We try to keep no more than 12-15 females with a young bull. Most are 15-18 months when we use them the first time and it is often with only 10-12 head. Try not to use too young a bull with older mature cows as they can be pretty mean to a young bull. Like them to not want to bully a young bull so fewer cows seems to be better for his "ego" too. Stunting his growth is more from too many cows and not enough food to keep his condition up. If he is a bull that was getting alot of feed then he might lose some weight, but at 18 months he won't be stunted unless you are asking him to breed 20 hours a day. On 9 cows he ought to do just fine. [/QUOTE]
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