I never thought I would be telling on myself like this but here goes. I had only 2 bulls left for sale and had some calls this week to come look and buy. I was looking throught the bulls today in the test pens. one of my 2 older bulls 17 months has only one testicle. I have had this bull in a chute no less than 5 times (ww,yw,vaccs,ultra sound,semen check) the bull passed his fertility test and even had a 35 cm scrot measurment. Only thing I can figure was the one testicle was turned or something to get that high of a measurment. I am around my cattle, bulls, cows, heifers,calves every single day. i enjoy looking through them. I have taken no less than a couple thousand pics of my calttle over the years. I can't for the life of me figure out how I could have missed this one, but oh well.
My question is " a bull at that age who has been on a grain diet for his bull test and has had a maintance ration from then on. would this bull be doog to eat as say a younger steer. I was told it would be good but the meat would be a little darker. I was told to give him all the corn he could eat for 30 days and then send him to the packer. Any suggestions. Also have any of you ever seen anyone use a uniballer of cows.
My question is " a bull at that age who has been on a grain diet for his bull test and has had a maintance ration from then on. would this bull be doog to eat as say a younger steer. I was told it would be good but the meat would be a little darker. I was told to give him all the corn he could eat for 30 days and then send him to the packer. Any suggestions. Also have any of you ever seen anyone use a uniballer of cows.