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<blockquote data-quote="Ozhorse" data-source="post: 1156686" data-attributes="member: 18575"><p>One of the reasons for the questions I am asking is so I can work out how much it is likely to cost me in $ and trouble so I can work out if it is worth doing. I think he might be worth $800 maximum now. I can get an average style of angus bull private sale for about $2500. I have had to cut back cow numbers and if we get that El Nino I might have hardly any cows this time next year. I have other bulls so I could get by without him. I know he is still working as he walked over a damaged fence and in with some dry cows in the last few months and half of them PTIC.</p><p>This is him. </p><p><a href="http://abri.une.edu.au/online/cgi-bin/i4.dll?1=22342A3D&2=2420&3=56&5=2B3C2B3C3A&6=5D5A5B232126232322&9=515B595A" target="_blank">http://abri.une.edu.au/online/cgi-bin/i ... 9=515B595A</a></p><p></p><p>I use him on cows, not heifers. On his figures: I want to get some size and actually increase the BWT a bit toward breed average. His rib and rump fat figures are low for me. On the bull himself, nice temperament and a big animal. His calves out of adult cows are good. He is 8 and big and still seems to be sound to work at this age. I dont have many of his daughters and they are heifers as I got him 2nd hand.</p><p></p><p>Do I assume 2% bodyweight (of the weight I want) in hay and say 1000 kg bull x 2% = 20 kg hay a day x 60 days = 1200 kg hay? = about two large bales = $500 plus, say $20/bag pellets @ about 3 kg/ day = 1 bag week x 6 weeks = $120……whole job cost $650 plus time and trouble?</p><p></p><p>$650 can go a fair way in an AI program.</p><p></p><p>He has been oral drenched for fluke and backlined with Eprinex, had 5 in1 and long acting Selenium shots. OK, that means I cant sell him for two months anyway so with or without extra feed I have to run him over winter.</p><p></p><p>Excuse the ignorance, what is a protein tub? I dont think we have them under that name here. Is it a molasses and urea block?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ozhorse, post: 1156686, member: 18575"] One of the reasons for the questions I am asking is so I can work out how much it is likely to cost me in $ and trouble so I can work out if it is worth doing. I think he might be worth $800 maximum now. I can get an average style of angus bull private sale for about $2500. I have had to cut back cow numbers and if we get that El Nino I might have hardly any cows this time next year. I have other bulls so I could get by without him. I know he is still working as he walked over a damaged fence and in with some dry cows in the last few months and half of them PTIC. This is him. [url=http://abri.une.edu.au/online/cgi-bin/i4.dll?1=22342A3D&2=2420&3=56&5=2B3C2B3C3A&6=5D5A5B232126232322&9=515B595A]http://abri.une.edu.au/online/cgi-bin/i ... 9=515B595A[/url] I use him on cows, not heifers. On his figures: I want to get some size and actually increase the BWT a bit toward breed average. His rib and rump fat figures are low for me. On the bull himself, nice temperament and a big animal. His calves out of adult cows are good. He is 8 and big and still seems to be sound to work at this age. I dont have many of his daughters and they are heifers as I got him 2nd hand. Do I assume 2% bodyweight (of the weight I want) in hay and say 1000 kg bull x 2% = 20 kg hay a day x 60 days = 1200 kg hay? = about two large bales = $500 plus, say $20/bag pellets @ about 3 kg/ day = 1 bag week x 6 weeks = $120……whole job cost $650 plus time and trouble? $650 can go a fair way in an AI program. He has been oral drenched for fluke and backlined with Eprinex, had 5 in1 and long acting Selenium shots. OK, that means I cant sell him for two months anyway so with or without extra feed I have to run him over winter. Excuse the ignorance, what is a protein tub? I dont think we have them under that name here. Is it a molasses and urea block? [/QUOTE]
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