shawn_boroviak":24dkaqi7 said:
I have recently got myself into a small registered angus herd which I am trying to build upon. I am located in London, KY which is about 70 miles south of Lexington on I75. The first bull pictured was born in October 2014. He is a direct son of Conneally In Focus and his registration number is AAA18010538. He is about a,week into weaning and weighted 620 lbs. The second bull pictured is my current herd bull and his registration number is AAA17755108. He is a little over 2 years old and is the son of SYDGEN Mandate 6079. The goals of my operation are pretty simple. My plans are to run a cow/calf operation on our 95 acre farm. I would love to work my way up to about 35 head. I am planning on having calving ease bulls to sell to local farmers as registered cattle is not in high demand here. My ultimate goal is to provide a good life for my family and teach good work ethic to my two boys who are 4 and 11 months old.
Shawn, :welcome:
You have set yourself some great goals on your family and I wish you all the luck in the world, nothing better than a farm raised kid.
I decided I'm going to get more involved on post were folks want opinions on their cattle, that statement was for others not you. Before I start on your cattle bear in mind folks on the Internet will give you opinions when they don't know what they are talking about, both critical and kind advice.... I may be one of those folks. Don't take negative opinions the wrong way, learn from them and with luck it will open a discussion on yours and other folks will jump in, that's how I have learned through the years. Both good opinions and negative opinions look and study what the poster is referring to. If the poster simple says "he looks like cr@p or he's a good looking animal" don't be afraid to ask that poster why they feel that why. They should be able why they do or don't like the animal.
Okay with that said, for a completely fair assessment of your Bulls they need a few more groceries, they look a bit light. This is judging buy the shots of your herd bull and the black baldy in the background of I believe pic #7 from the top. A few hundred pounds will completely change the looks of an animal sometimes.
Your herd bull, I don't like him much, no muscle, very light in the back end, very shallow hip girth, should be much deeper with more muscle running down the leg. He doesn't have much width to his azz, again boils down to he should have more muscle. He should have been a steer, a good pedigree isn't what it takes to make a good bull. Great Bulls throw steer quality calves, it takes a good cow also. Again it's just my opinion, nothing personal, maybe someone else will chime in.
The young bull has a little more potential, better girth and maybe little better muscle, but it's really too soon to tell. You can only cut him once so give him some time. If he was mine I would give him some time with plenty of feed to grow on a see, but pouring feed to a young bull will not turn him into anything that he wasn't going to be anyway. It just gives them the opportunity to grow to their potential.
Good luck and concentrate as hard on your cows as you do your Bulls, a cow is almost as important as a bull. A bad cow will give you a bad calf (most of the time), but a bad bull will give you a whole crop of bad calves and do nothing to improve your herd.
Just my :2cents:
Alan
