Charolais cross bull on 1st time heifers

[cow pollinater]

It depends on the bull. Without more info I'd say don't do it just to be safe but I've bred hundreds of heifers AI to calving ease char bulls and have never had any complaints.

 

[Red Bull Breeder]

Go ahead and use the bull you got. Never know might work just fine.

 

[wacocowboy]

Send that bull to the packer and get you a LBW bull. It will be cheaper than killing your heifers.

 

[Red Bull Breeder]

Not one of you folks know for a fact the bull will kill the heifers. Just like you don't know if the heifers could have a beagle pup without help. People who ask the questions after they spent the money need to pay for there education one way or the other.

 

[Caustic Burno]

Not one of you folks know for a fact the bull will kill the heifers. Just like you don't know if the heifers could have a beagle pup without help. People who ask the questions after they spent the money need to pay for there education one way or the other.

My ? Is to those proposing using the hamburger special bull would you put him on your cows?

 

[True Grit Farms]

Not one of you folks know for a fact the bull will kill the heifers. Just like you don't know if the heifers could have a beagle pup without help. People who ask the questions after they spent the money need to pay for there education one way or the other.

My ? Is to those proposing using the hamburger special bull would you put him on your cows?

I would not.

 

[ALACOWMAN]

Some of us who's seen these potential train wrecks on a unproven bull, know enough not to do it, I don't even care if they could spit them out like watermelon seeds.. I wouldn't use him...

 

[Red Bull Breeder]

I wouldn't use him myself. But I would ask the question before I spent the money. The heifers might or might not have the calves. They are half the equation yet every body blames the bull.

 

[ALACOWMAN]

I wouldn't use him myself. But I would ask the question before I spent the money. The heifers might or might not have the calves. They are half the equation yet every body blames the bull.

I don't blame the bull,,I would blame the breeders decision to use him.. The bull had a place on the feedlot with his -maximized heterosis- 3 way cross........the cows are where your at,the bull is the direction your going....

 

[tater74]

"...the cows are where your at,the bull is the direction your going...."

I'm going to steal that one. Thanks

 

[ALACOWMAN]

"...the cows are where your at,the bull is the direction your going...."

I'm going to steal that one. Thanks

might as well, I did :cowboy:

 

[wacocowboy]

Not one of you folks know for a fact the bull will kill the heifers. Just like you don't know if the heifers could have a beagle pup without help. People who ask the questions after they spent the money need to pay for there education one way or the other.

No we don't know for sure but most of us have been around the block a time or two and can take an educated guess. I find that most people even if they ask before they still do what they want and learn the hard way. I've watched people run a sale barn mongrel that only God new what was in the wood pile just to be cheap then wonder what happened when they have cows and calves dying due to birthing problems.

 

[Jeanne - Simme Valley]

When people are dealing with the unknown - you can expect the results will be unknown. Flip a coin.

 

[MtnCows93]

Depending on how many heifers you have id buy a yearling angus bull and breed them, then switch to a charolais bull for the 2nd set of calves if charolais is what you like

 

[Lazy M]

"...the cows are where your at,the bull is the direction your going...."

I'm going to steal that one. Thanks

Me too. Well said Alabama