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<blockquote data-quote="Anonymous" data-source="post: 14628"><p>Not sure I'd agree that running bulls year round is "not good management." We run bulls 365 days a year. We sell the heifers by around 500-550 pounds because it doesn't pay to keep them longer, so accidentally getting a heifer bred is not a big risk. Yes, they can be cantankerous but I won't keep a bad bull – if he gets too salty he gets sold. Also, when it comes to getting out we have a three-strikes-your-out-for-good rule. If someone had cows that were only calving every 16 to 18 months they weren't paying close enough attention.</p><p></p><p>I don't know hardly any cow/calf people that don't run bulls – most of them all year. Around here the people that AI are the breeders. Maybe it's a regional thing. I'm in Texas where the winters aren't horrible (usually) so a specific calving season would be nice but it's not a big concern. Of course I can see some advantages to AI but when I go thru it on paper I can't make it work out if time and trouble are figured into the profit equation. I have considered pulling the bulls off the herds except for a breeding season but haven't ever done it. Might some day. As to your question about where to put them, it would be the same as your other stock. Put 'em on a pasture - with a GOOD fence – ha.</p><p></p><p>Craig</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 14628"] Not sure I’d agree that running bulls year round is “not good management.” We run bulls 365 days a year. We sell the heifers by around 500-550 pounds because it doesn’t pay to keep them longer, so accidentally getting a heifer bred is not a big risk. Yes, they can be cantankerous but I won’t keep a bad bull – if he gets too salty he gets sold. Also, when it comes to getting out we have a three-strikes-your-out-for-good rule. If someone had cows that were only calving every 16 to 18 months they weren’t paying close enough attention. I don’t know hardly any cow/calf people that don’t run bulls – most of them all year. Around here the people that AI are the breeders. Maybe it’s a regional thing. I’m in Texas where the winters aren’t horrible (usually) so a specific calving season would be nice but it’s not a big concern. Of course I can see some advantages to AI but when I go thru it on paper I can’t make it work out if time and trouble are figured into the profit equation. I have considered pulling the bulls off the herds except for a breeding season but haven’t ever done it. Might some day. As to your question about where to put them, it would be the same as your other stock. Put ‘em on a pasture - with a GOOD fence – ha. Craig [/QUOTE]
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