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How do you select the bull(s) you are going to breed to?
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<blockquote data-quote="SRBeef" data-source="post: 820212" data-attributes="member: 7509"><p>I am all Hereford and will stay all Hereford. My number 1 criteria for a Hereford bull is calving ease since I am usually not around the herd at calving time. My girls are mostly on their own.</p><p></p><p>Also have gone to a 2-bull system, one purchased registered, one retained. My retained bull helps me spread the best of my own, known genetics around my commercial side. My purchased registered bull brings in the smaller frame size, calving ease, conformation and other criteria along with some outside genetics for my few registered females and my best commercial females which are related to the retained bull. </p><p></p><p>By breeding my purchased bull to my best cows and retaining a bull each year from this mating (if the young bull looks better and has better numbers than my last retained bull) I should be able to increase the quality of the herd pretty steadily if slowly. AI is not an option for me. </p><p></p><p>Here is a not very flattering picture of both bulls I took this afternoon. U070 on the right is the registered Huth bull, 22 on the left is my retained bull and is right at 11 months old. He had super growth of his sire T021 and the solid, long, low frame of his 1260 lb dam. </p><p></p><p><img src="http://i877.photobucket.com/albums/ab336/SRBeef/IMG_3125_bulls_030811.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Jim</p><p></p><p>PS: THE first major selection criteria: Disposition! If I can't be near him, I don't want him regardless of any other factors.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SRBeef, post: 820212, member: 7509"] I am all Hereford and will stay all Hereford. My number 1 criteria for a Hereford bull is calving ease since I am usually not around the herd at calving time. My girls are mostly on their own. Also have gone to a 2-bull system, one purchased registered, one retained. My retained bull helps me spread the best of my own, known genetics around my commercial side. My purchased registered bull brings in the smaller frame size, calving ease, conformation and other criteria along with some outside genetics for my few registered females and my best commercial females which are related to the retained bull. By breeding my purchased bull to my best cows and retaining a bull each year from this mating (if the young bull looks better and has better numbers than my last retained bull) I should be able to increase the quality of the herd pretty steadily if slowly. AI is not an option for me. Here is a not very flattering picture of both bulls I took this afternoon. U070 on the right is the registered Huth bull, 22 on the left is my retained bull and is right at 11 months old. He had super growth of his sire T021 and the solid, long, low frame of his 1260 lb dam. [img]http://i877.photobucket.com/albums/ab336/SRBeef/IMG_3125_bulls_030811.jpg[/img] Jim PS: THE first major selection criteria: Disposition! If I can't be near him, I don't want him regardless of any other factors. [/QUOTE]
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