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Can a 900 lb. heifer hold up a 2100 lb. bull?
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<blockquote data-quote="Sir Loin" data-source="post: 455276" data-attributes="member: 5601"><p>Imp.</p><p>Re:</p><p></p><p>That's fine, but you don't put them with a 2,000 plus lb bull. You use a yearling bull. (1,000 to 1,500 lbs)</p><p></p><p>The two factors you must consider with any cow and bull is:</p><p>1. the weight of the bull</p><p>2. the height of the cow</p><p>The height of the cow determines the lbs of the bull transferred to the cow during breeding.</p><p>The further the bull is able to lean over the cow, because she is shorter then he, the more weight of the bull is transferred to the cow.</p><p></p><p>Its simple physics, the same as when a small young bull attempts to mount a full grown cow and falls over backwards. Only when there is a heifer under a large bull and he falls forward all his weight goes on the heifer.</p><p></p><p>The rule of thumb is that if the bull locks his front legs past the cows hip bones you are using too large of a bull. </p><p> And in your case, using a 2,000 plus lb bull on a 880 lb heifer, my guess is his front legs will be about half way up her stomach.</p><p>Which brings up several other problems. </p><p>Depth of penetration, which can cause internal injury to the heifer and/or a broken penis to the bull when she goes down.</p><p>SL</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sir Loin, post: 455276, member: 5601"] Imp. Re: That’s fine, but you don’t put them with a 2,000 plus lb bull. You use a yearling bull. (1,000 to 1,500 lbs) The two factors you must consider with any cow and bull is: 1. the weight of the bull 2. the height of the cow The height of the cow determines the lbs of the bull transferred to the cow during breeding. The further the bull is able to lean over the cow, because she is shorter then he, the more weight of the bull is transferred to the cow. Its simple physics, the same as when a small young bull attempts to mount a full grown cow and falls over backwards. Only when there is a heifer under a large bull and he falls forward all his weight goes on the heifer. The rule of thumb is that if the bull locks his front legs past the cows hip bones you are using too large of a bull. And in your case, using a 2,000 plus lb bull on a 880 lb heifer, my guess is his front legs will be about half way up her stomach. Which brings up several other problems. Depth of penetration, which can cause internal injury to the heifer and/or a broken penis to the bull when she goes down. SL [/QUOTE]
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