novatech
Well-known member
The fertility topic sparked a question in my mind.
I raise Brahman which as a general rule are late maturing. I have been AI'ing most of my cattle. Because some of my cattle are hard to get settled wit AI I decided to raise a clean-up bull. At 14 months the bull got out with the cows. He has settled 4 of them. Basically this is very uncommon for Brahmans. They are usually not turned out until they are 2 years old.
So my questions are;
Will this hurt the bull? How and Why?
Is this a heritable trait and to what degree?
Secondly I have a heifer that Is cycling as a yearling and again the norm is 2 years old for breeding.
Same questions.
I raise Brahman which as a general rule are late maturing. I have been AI'ing most of my cattle. Because some of my cattle are hard to get settled wit AI I decided to raise a clean-up bull. At 14 months the bull got out with the cows. He has settled 4 of them. Basically this is very uncommon for Brahmans. They are usually not turned out until they are 2 years old.
So my questions are;
Will this hurt the bull? How and Why?
Is this a heritable trait and to what degree?
Secondly I have a heifer that Is cycling as a yearling and again the norm is 2 years old for breeding.
Same questions.