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<blockquote data-quote="u4411clb" data-source="post: 1244458" data-attributes="member: 17248"><p>1. You may want to read up on the effects of using Brahman bulls on English cows when it comes to calf size. Me personally I would never breed a Brahman bull to English heifers due to the possible size of the male calves.</p><p></p><p>2. Unless you plan on shipping those calves to Florida, Louisiana, or Texas I don't know why you would need that much Brahman influence. </p><p></p><p>Not sure how many calves out of 1st calf heifers would make the replacement pen under the best conditions. My 2 cents is be boring breed the heifer calves to a lbw Angus to get 1st calf on the ground and ring the bell at the sale barn and then on the 2nd calf put whatever bull you want in there. But even then I would go with a Brangus that shows a little more Brahman influence at that point. But if you have your heart set on using a Brahman bull then the 2nd calf is the time to do it imo.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="u4411clb, post: 1244458, member: 17248"] 1. You may want to read up on the effects of using Brahman bulls on English cows when it comes to calf size. Me personally I would never breed a Brahman bull to English heifers due to the possible size of the male calves. 2. Unless you plan on shipping those calves to Florida, Louisiana, or Texas I don't know why you would need that much Brahman influence. Not sure how many calves out of 1st calf heifers would make the replacement pen under the best conditions. My 2 cents is be boring breed the heifer calves to a lbw Angus to get 1st calf on the ground and ring the bell at the sale barn and then on the 2nd calf put whatever bull you want in there. But even then I would go with a Brangus that shows a little more Brahman influence at that point. But if you have your heart set on using a Brahman bull then the 2nd calf is the time to do it imo. [/QUOTE]
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