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<blockquote data-quote="sjr725" data-source="post: 341126" data-attributes="member: 4936"><p>Thanks - mostly herf, and herf x char cows - a few bwf. We use both Herf and Charlois bulls. This year we have 370 momma cows and 60 replacement heifers that we'll be breeding. I've probably got 50 head of cows that will go to the sale after weaning in the fall. This year we've got 15 mature bulls and 3 new 2yr old herf bulls that we will be taking delivery of in April. So, we'll give the new boys probably 10-12 cows apiece that would leave about 26 cows each for the other bulls.</p><p>My husb will move all the cows to dry lot, once the alfalfa starts to come up and he'll sort out which cows go to which bulls. We have found that by confining them in small groups like that the bulls spend less time arguing amongst themselves and more time tending to the business at hand, we also have the dry lot pens lined with plywood where two lots share the same fence - so the bulls don't even see each other. My dad always did it this way and it always worked for him so we just continued to do it. I don't keep cows that are hard to settle, they just put everyone behind schedule. It mostly works OK for us this way. They have to come off the hayfields anyway and it's to early for them to go up to the mountains for the summer so - this is a good solution.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sjr725, post: 341126, member: 4936"] Thanks - mostly herf, and herf x char cows - a few bwf. We use both Herf and Charlois bulls. This year we have 370 momma cows and 60 replacement heifers that we'll be breeding. I've probably got 50 head of cows that will go to the sale after weaning in the fall. This year we've got 15 mature bulls and 3 new 2yr old herf bulls that we will be taking delivery of in April. So, we'll give the new boys probably 10-12 cows apiece that would leave about 26 cows each for the other bulls. My husb will move all the cows to dry lot, once the alfalfa starts to come up and he'll sort out which cows go to which bulls. We have found that by confining them in small groups like that the bulls spend less time arguing amongst themselves and more time tending to the business at hand, we also have the dry lot pens lined with plywood where two lots share the same fence - so the bulls don't even see each other. My dad always did it this way and it always worked for him so we just continued to do it. I don't keep cows that are hard to settle, they just put everyone behind schedule. It mostly works OK for us this way. They have to come off the hayfields anyway and it's to early for them to go up to the mountains for the summer so - this is a good solution. [/QUOTE]
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