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<blockquote data-quote="Lucky_P" data-source="post: 1190556" data-attributes="member: 12607"><p>Bull is in for 60 days for Spring and Fall breeding seasons. Separated from herd for the remainder of the year, stays with the wife's horses - and when he's in with the cows, we separate weaned & yearling heifers from the herd. </p><p>Started using AI about 7 years ago, so the bull is primarily for 'cleanup' on any that don't stick to AI service, and a few that aren't worth bothering to AI. I'd use him on virgin heifers, but he's gotten so big that I don't trust that he wouldn't break them down or injure them, so at present, all heifers get only AI service - but have a young bull coming along who'll get the call for the heifers next spring. At 10, days are numbered for the old boy; this season may be his last hurrah.</p><p></p><p>We don't worry about him breeding his own daughters... that's mainly an issue of people applying human mores to animal breeding. If there are genetic defects in the mix, then yes, it's probably a bad idea...but for terminal calf production, not a concern...nobody's ever inquired as to what's the sire/grandsire of those black steers going through the sale ring. </p><p>Have only one or two cows in the herd that are the result of sire/daughter matings, despite the fact that the current bull has quite a few daughters in the herd. With decent AI conception rates, the old boy hasn't had much work to do for the past 6 years.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lucky_P, post: 1190556, member: 12607"] Bull is in for 60 days for Spring and Fall breeding seasons. Separated from herd for the remainder of the year, stays with the wife's horses - and when he's in with the cows, we separate weaned & yearling heifers from the herd. Started using AI about 7 years ago, so the bull is primarily for 'cleanup' on any that don't stick to AI service, and a few that aren't worth bothering to AI. I'd use him on virgin heifers, but he's gotten so big that I don't trust that he wouldn't break them down or injure them, so at present, all heifers get only AI service - but have a young bull coming along who'll get the call for the heifers next spring. At 10, days are numbered for the old boy; this season may be his last hurrah. We don't worry about him breeding his own daughters... that's mainly an issue of people applying human mores to animal breeding. If there are genetic defects in the mix, then yes, it's probably a bad idea...but for terminal calf production, not a concern...nobody's ever inquired as to what's the sire/grandsire of those black steers going through the sale ring. Have only one or two cows in the herd that are the result of sire/daughter matings, despite the fact that the current bull has quite a few daughters in the herd. With decent AI conception rates, the old boy hasn't had much work to do for the past 6 years. [/QUOTE]
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