cowgirl8":8px41jsi said:
Rafter S":8px41jsi said:
Are you concerned that he might pass his temperament on to his calves?
Not planning on keep any heifers this year, so it wont be a problem for us.
He wont pass on genes because, we arent keeping heifers this year....
My daughter sold 2 pairs this week. They were cows that every time she got her herd up to work, these 2 would head for the hills. She had moved her herd to her house and these 2 got left at her other place with her bulls. She went to check on them and they were all in the corrals(lucky break). She then brought them to our corrals to hold them until sale day. She got almost 3000 a pair. Calves were small, both under 200. Cows were hard to work with but nice looking. I'm going to guess if there are nice looking animals going through the sale, this might be one reason.
Our heifers go through many trials before they are even put with a bull. We just pulled 11 off our 60 count heifer group because we didnt like how they acted. The ones who act up in the group go first which is at weaning most likely. Each time we work them, we'll pen each one up in a separate lot to look at her by herself. If she acts a fool there, she's out. We're getting too old to deal with rough animals. Back in the 90s we had a limo bull who was the meanest thing ever and everything he produced was mean, sold him and everything that was out of him. Our old red sim bull's heifers are always iffy. Good producers but sometimes goofy, i'd say 50/50...We do have a few of them, we just know to keep an eye on them if they are alone...
Our new bull is quieting down. Husband has been feeding him and standing next to him while he eats, on the other side of the 6ft corral fence of course. Daughters husband works on ranches around here and is a 'cowboy'. Hes rough with stock, i dont really like him helping us when we work cows. He quick to hit, sap and yell..Thats all this bull knows. Maybe around our place he'll settle down some. If not he'll be sold this fall...