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<blockquote data-quote="moses388" data-source="post: 1738075" data-attributes="member: 27368"><p>Unless you are a seedstock producer, we are all raising just steaks. What specifically are you trying to do? Expanding the herd? You could flush your best cow and use sex-sorted semen. </p><p></p><p>The bull calf would not be able to fertilize cows until at least 1-year-old. Is it cost effective to house & feed a bull for less than 20 cows? I don't know the size of your herd. If less than 12 cows, I think it's manageable to watch for heats and AI. Especially since you have a great conception rate. Congratulations! </p><p></p><p>I think the bull calf would grow up and manage to get the breeding done. Raising bulls for myself, sometimes at 1-year-old one can develop a foot problem or abscess. A visit from the hoof trimmer and the bull gets over it and does fine. Have a good bull pen when it's not breeding season. A bull will break stuff to get back to his harem. If the bull is in all year, your calving season will spread. Not good. Eventually you will be calving all year long.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="moses388, post: 1738075, member: 27368"] Unless you are a seedstock producer, we are all raising just steaks. What specifically are you trying to do? Expanding the herd? You could flush your best cow and use sex-sorted semen. The bull calf would not be able to fertilize cows until at least 1-year-old. Is it cost effective to house & feed a bull for less than 20 cows? I don't know the size of your herd. If less than 12 cows, I think it's manageable to watch for heats and AI. Especially since you have a great conception rate. Congratulations! I think the bull calf would grow up and manage to get the breeding done. Raising bulls for myself, sometimes at 1-year-old one can develop a foot problem or abscess. A visit from the hoof trimmer and the bull gets over it and does fine. Have a good bull pen when it's not breeding season. A bull will break stuff to get back to his harem. If the bull is in all year, your calving season will spread. Not good. Eventually you will be calving all year long. [/QUOTE]
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