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<blockquote data-quote="creekdrive" data-source="post: 1477669" data-attributes="member: 21216"><p>Don't have a lot of experience, but we have a Char bull whose sire is Full French. First calves were born last April. Used him on a mixed group of commercial cows, most being 50% or more Angus. A few have some Sim or Gelbvieh in them. We don't usually weigh any of our commercial calves unless there is a problem, but it is safe to say he did add some birthweight. Avg bw was easily over 100lbs. Our commercial cows calve right along side our purebreds, and since we weigh all the purebred calves we usually have a pretty good idea of what they weigh. Our commercial cows with an Angus bull are usually 85-95 lb calves so the difference wasn't huge. We did have to pull one calf from a small 2nd calver (1000 lb). Calf was 113 lbs. It wasn't a hard pull by any means and she probably could've had it on her own if we left her. Only other calf of his we weighed was 124 lbs and built like a brick. Born unassisted but definitely was not built for easy calving. Calves were all born with plenty of vigour and were up & sucking quickly. </p><p></p><p>We were very happy with the calves when we sold in the fall. Lots of muscle, and tons of width over the top. The bull also added frame to the calves which is a plus in our case. We are planning on adding another Char bull this year and most likely will be going back to the same breeder. His bulls are all either Full French or sired by Full French bulls. Looking at the catalogue, I'd say there is a good chance we will end up with a Full French bull this time. We plan to stick with something under 100lbs bw. </p><p></p><p>The 3 bulls you have picked out look alright to me! Very hard to judge by pictures, but I think it would definitely be worth trying one. The first breeding season we did the same as you mentioned and kept the cows that we know throw large bw calves away from him and it worked fine for us.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="creekdrive, post: 1477669, member: 21216"] Don't have a lot of experience, but we have a Char bull whose sire is Full French. First calves were born last April. Used him on a mixed group of commercial cows, most being 50% or more Angus. A few have some Sim or Gelbvieh in them. We don't usually weigh any of our commercial calves unless there is a problem, but it is safe to say he did add some birthweight. Avg bw was easily over 100lbs. Our commercial cows calve right along side our purebreds, and since we weigh all the purebred calves we usually have a pretty good idea of what they weigh. Our commercial cows with an Angus bull are usually 85-95 lb calves so the difference wasn't huge. We did have to pull one calf from a small 2nd calver (1000 lb). Calf was 113 lbs. It wasn't a hard pull by any means and she probably could've had it on her own if we left her. Only other calf of his we weighed was 124 lbs and built like a brick. Born unassisted but definitely was not built for easy calving. Calves were all born with plenty of vigour and were up & sucking quickly. We were very happy with the calves when we sold in the fall. Lots of muscle, and tons of width over the top. The bull also added frame to the calves which is a plus in our case. We are planning on adding another Char bull this year and most likely will be going back to the same breeder. His bulls are all either Full French or sired by Full French bulls. Looking at the catalogue, I'd say there is a good chance we will end up with a Full French bull this time. We plan to stick with something under 100lbs bw. The 3 bulls you have picked out look alright to me! Very hard to judge by pictures, but I think it would definitely be worth trying one. The first breeding season we did the same as you mentioned and kept the cows that we know throw large bw calves away from him and it worked fine for us. [/QUOTE]
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