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<blockquote data-quote="Jessica06" data-source="post: 1152665" data-attributes="member: 5612"><p>Not crazy at all. When I mentioned keeping bulls in the other thread, I was mostly alluding to those who start out with a mediocre bull, then pick out a son a few years later to keep, and then pick a son of that son, etc... The way that you are doing it, you're essentially producing something pretty similar to what the purebred guys are, just without a full pedigree. AI can really level the playing field, and honestly, a lot of the bulls selling for 6-10K these days we would probably cull at weaning. If you started with good cows and have been using a lot of AI, I say more power to you! You might be raising bulls as good or better than what you would buy, at a fraction of the cost. We bought our first registered cows about 4 years ago...we do plan on selling bulls some day soon, but we've been thoroughly enjoying raising our own bulls to use, that we would never go out and buy somewhere else (we're kinda cheap!). </p><p></p><p>Read this article when you get the time.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.angusbeefbulletin.com/ArticlePDF/Something-right%20ABB%2002_10.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.angusbeefbulletin.com/Articl ... 002_10.pdf</a> </p><p></p><p>If you can find a copy of the book that they talk about, I HIGHLY recommend getting one. Pretty similar to what you're doing. It's all common sense stuff, and really makes you think about the way you cull.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jessica06, post: 1152665, member: 5612"] Not crazy at all. When I mentioned keeping bulls in the other thread, I was mostly alluding to those who start out with a mediocre bull, then pick out a son a few years later to keep, and then pick a son of that son, etc... The way that you are doing it, you're essentially producing something pretty similar to what the purebred guys are, just without a full pedigree. AI can really level the playing field, and honestly, a lot of the bulls selling for 6-10K these days we would probably cull at weaning. If you started with good cows and have been using a lot of AI, I say more power to you! You might be raising bulls as good or better than what you would buy, at a fraction of the cost. We bought our first registered cows about 4 years ago...we do plan on selling bulls some day soon, but we've been thoroughly enjoying raising our own bulls to use, that we would never go out and buy somewhere else (we're kinda cheap!). Read this article when you get the time. [url=http://www.angusbeefbulletin.com/ArticlePDF/Something-right%20ABB%2002_10.pdf]http://www.angusbeefbulletin.com/Articl ... 002_10.pdf[/url] If you can find a copy of the book that they talk about, I HIGHLY recommend getting one. Pretty similar to what you're doing. It's all common sense stuff, and really makes you think about the way you cull. [/QUOTE]
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