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Charolais bull on Beefmaster cross heifers?
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<blockquote data-quote="Beefy" data-source="post: 973882" data-attributes="member: 57"><p>it really depends on the animals, both with the heifer and the bull. i had a few calving issues in the past with beefmasterx heifers and a limousin bull. i had a charolais bull and a limi running with them, and was concerned about the chars come calving time. wound up having to assist a couple of chars and several of the limis. as a general rule i tend to shy away from using charolais on heifers but having said that there are char bulls out there nowadays that i would use without too much hesitation. if i could, i would select for low birthweight and a bull that was not broadheaded and big shouldered. i find that structure of the calf has as much if not more to do with calving difficulty than birthweight. (the limi problems i had were getting hung up at the shoulders or hips). beefmasters tend to gestate pretty good size calves anyway it seems.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Beefy, post: 973882, member: 57"] it really depends on the animals, both with the heifer and the bull. i had a few calving issues in the past with beefmasterx heifers and a limousin bull. i had a charolais bull and a limi running with them, and was concerned about the chars come calving time. wound up having to assist a couple of chars and several of the limis. as a general rule i tend to shy away from using charolais on heifers but having said that there are char bulls out there nowadays that i would use without too much hesitation. if i could, i would select for low birthweight and a bull that was not broadheaded and big shouldered. i find that structure of the calf has as much if not more to do with calving difficulty than birthweight. (the limi problems i had were getting hung up at the shoulders or hips). beefmasters tend to gestate pretty good size calves anyway it seems. [/QUOTE]
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