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cowgirl8

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First year for our mutant bull to produce more than a couple calves. I can easily pick out his calves and i'm happy to see that he is producing the fast growing calves i hoped he would. Hoping he was able to breed as many cows as he could since he was a 2 yr old in with a mature bull. We are only a couple weeks into the calving season, this calf around 2 weeks old...
 
callmefence":38js9qcw said:
The red one?
Looks like a dandy to me. :2cents:
Yes, the blacks are out of our sim/angus. That b/w one behind him was well over 100 lbs when born, our one token old sim marked one we get every year.......but the red was maybe 70, and is outgrowing just like the bull did. Born the same week...
 
The two red calves in the 2nd photo you shared look really good, and it's a nice picture. Love the big, dumbo ears on the further back calf.
 
Air gator":1divodp1 said:
Very nice calves. What breed is the bull?
He is a bull we raised that showed crazy growth.. Not outstanding growth, weird unheard of growth. We got one years ago, first calf that brought us 1000 and weaned out at around 800..When we got another, we decided to keep him. Got another the next year that wasnt as clean, he ended up breaking his penis so he was sold. He's pictured next to calves older than him.. Not only are they giants, but they look different than the other herds calves, the reason i call them mutants (although not tested but i'm tempted) We sold the bull this last fall that these weird bulls were out of...Anywho, they are over 75% angus, but the mutant producing bull was out of a simbra cow and a reg angus bull. Most of our cows will be over 75% angus now...so whatever that mix would be. The young bull that sired the above calves is still, not a typical looking bull. Hes not excessively tall, as most bulls who grow fast would probably be. He's relativity short. Where he's different, and we dont feed our bulls special over the winter, he's wide wide. So we shall see where this guy goes..

And yes, i know a group of you guys are opposed to using crossed bulls...We've done it for years. Its worked for us, and i know others its worked for. This mutant bull is experimental and so far, is working out. I find it exciting to experiment and feel lucky that we are in the position to be able to..
 
This one is working well for you but judge them very critically and don't hesitate to cull the ones that are obviously inferior and will produce inferior offspring. A very slippery slope.
 
TexasBred":37ldkhtg said:
This one is working well for you but judge them very critically and don't hesitate to cull the ones that are obviously inferior and will produce inferior offspring. A very slippery slope.
Absolutely.....
 

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