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<blockquote data-quote="Ky hills" data-source="post: 1313737" data-attributes="member: 24816"><p>I started out with Charolais in the late 80's, lots of folks told me of their disposition and calving experiences with them. I was fortunate to have had a very docile herd, with the exception of 1 group of heifers that I bought, some of them were plum dangerous, which they didn't stay long. </p><p>Calving was a mixed bag, some bulls seemed very easy calving, One bull that I had tended to have big calves, and had to pull one ever now and then. Some of the calves would be as we described them, big and dead headed, most of the time they would be ok after a while but would need some help getting them up and going. </p><p>The last Charolais bull I had was a train wreck, as far as calving. That was happening at a time when demand for black cattle was rising, so I switched over to Angus and Hereford bulls after that. I still like Charolais cattle, and would not be opposed to using a proven calving ease bull on cows at some point. Though, I have come to appreciate the liveliness of the Angus and Hereford calves, and that would be hard to move away from.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ky hills, post: 1313737, member: 24816"] I started out with Charolais in the late 80's, lots of folks told me of their disposition and calving experiences with them. I was fortunate to have had a very docile herd, with the exception of 1 group of heifers that I bought, some of them were plum dangerous, which they didn't stay long. Calving was a mixed bag, some bulls seemed very easy calving, One bull that I had tended to have big calves, and had to pull one ever now and then. Some of the calves would be as we described them, big and dead headed, most of the time they would be ok after a while but would need some help getting them up and going. The last Charolais bull I had was a train wreck, as far as calving. That was happening at a time when demand for black cattle was rising, so I switched over to Angus and Hereford bulls after that. I still like Charolais cattle, and would not be opposed to using a proven calving ease bull on cows at some point. Though, I have come to appreciate the liveliness of the Angus and Hereford calves, and that would be hard to move away from. [/QUOTE]
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