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<blockquote data-quote="rjk" data-source="post: 623427" data-attributes="member: 1019"><p>I have 2 bulls from a different bloodline than my bull. I bought some heifers that are Limousin and have Arrowhead breeding, and kept the two bulls from them. My bull has Hunts Hi Liter breeding and has been throwing some nice heifers. Since they have some qualities I like and want in my cows, I thought I would keep some and breed to one of the other bulls. One had a weining weight of 6oo pounds, bw of 70, and polled. The other had a weining weight of 700 pounds, bw of 78, and horned. I would rather have polled calves than horned, and only have one dehorned cow. The sire of these heifers is double polled and homo blk. My questions are what kind of odds do I have for horned calves from the horned bull, since the sire is polled? And if the smaller bull is used, how much chance do I have for small calves? I would like to have calves that are lower bw, but good growth potential, (guess I want it all). Since I am not full time and not always around the cows, I want the smaller bw calves. I would also like to avoid having calves that are smaller than the average at sale time, seems like that always hurts the price I get. I will probably replace my current bull in 2 or three years, and since the herd will be Limousin or mostly Limousin, I thought about an Angus bull. What are your thoughts on this? Thanks in advance for the advice.</p><p>Thanks,</p><p>Rick</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rjk, post: 623427, member: 1019"] I have 2 bulls from a different bloodline than my bull. I bought some heifers that are Limousin and have Arrowhead breeding, and kept the two bulls from them. My bull has Hunts Hi Liter breeding and has been throwing some nice heifers. Since they have some qualities I like and want in my cows, I thought I would keep some and breed to one of the other bulls. One had a weining weight of 6oo pounds, bw of 70, and polled. The other had a weining weight of 700 pounds, bw of 78, and horned. I would rather have polled calves than horned, and only have one dehorned cow. The sire of these heifers is double polled and homo blk. My questions are what kind of odds do I have for horned calves from the horned bull, since the sire is polled? And if the smaller bull is used, how much chance do I have for small calves? I would like to have calves that are lower bw, but good growth potential, (guess I want it all). Since I am not full time and not always around the cows, I want the smaller bw calves. I would also like to avoid having calves that are smaller than the average at sale time, seems like that always hurts the price I get. I will probably replace my current bull in 2 or three years, and since the herd will be Limousin or mostly Limousin, I thought about an Angus bull. What are your thoughts on this? Thanks in advance for the advice. Thanks, Rick [/QUOTE]
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