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>>>Backbone Ranch wrote:
Let me know how that Olympia's Pelion bull calf turns out. We have straws from Olympia's Pelion, but we have yet to use him over our cows.<<<
In the 2015-2016 Winter, I artificially inseminated 2 heifers with Olympia's Pelion. The heifers each gave birth, unassisted, to a healthy calf in November 2016. There were 2 calves; a heifer and a bull.
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I had the breeder out to the farm in November 2017. The bull weighed about 1000 pounds and had a scrotal circumference of 37 centimeters. He made approximately 70 straws. In the Summer of 2018, he was placed on pasture and used as a cleanup bull. The bull was sold in August 2018. He weighed 1230 pounds. When not being used for breeding, he was vocal about his unhappiness living alone in a pen. I could stand in the pen and brush him; he enjoyed that. Here are his Igenity scores:
production index: 5.15
birth weight: 2
calving ease direct: 7
calving ease maternal: 5
stayability: 7
heifer pregnancy rate: 7
docility: 5
milk: 5
residual feed intake: 6
average daily gain: 2
tenderness: 9
marbling: 3
ribeye area: 1
fat: 6
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The heifer calf has grown into a good mother. She is short because Olympia's Pelion will reduce stature. I used Wallawong Vinnie Roe #58104 on the heifer and she calved October 2018. She was in parturition down in the pasture. I watched her lay down and get up several times. I had seen part of the water bag and a hoof at one point, but as soon as she got up it disappeared. I brought her up to the yard, broke the water, and pulled the calf. Both continue to do well. She has a better udder than her mother's, which is big and hangs low.
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Born unassisted on Friday, February 8th, 2019. Natural serviced by the home-raised Murray Grey bull.
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Olympia's Pelion is easy-calving, fertile, short, and has perfect tenderness. Pelion got the job done at the time, but I am moving on in search of something with more ribeye and marbling.
>>>Backbone Ranch wrote:
Let me know how that Olympia's Pelion bull calf turns out. We have straws from Olympia's Pelion, but we have yet to use him over our cows.<<<
In the 2015-2016 Winter, I artificially inseminated 2 heifers with Olympia's Pelion. The heifers each gave birth, unassisted, to a healthy calf in November 2016. There were 2 calves; a heifer and a bull.
[image]http://www.cattletoday.com/forum/app.php/gallery/image/168[/image]
I had the breeder out to the farm in November 2017. The bull weighed about 1000 pounds and had a scrotal circumference of 37 centimeters. He made approximately 70 straws. In the Summer of 2018, he was placed on pasture and used as a cleanup bull. The bull was sold in August 2018. He weighed 1230 pounds. When not being used for breeding, he was vocal about his unhappiness living alone in a pen. I could stand in the pen and brush him; he enjoyed that. Here are his Igenity scores:
production index: 5.15
birth weight: 2
calving ease direct: 7
calving ease maternal: 5
stayability: 7
heifer pregnancy rate: 7
docility: 5
milk: 5
residual feed intake: 6
average daily gain: 2
tenderness: 9
marbling: 3
ribeye area: 1
fat: 6
[image]http://www.cattletoday.com/forum/app.php/gallery/image/166[/image]
The heifer calf has grown into a good mother. She is short because Olympia's Pelion will reduce stature. I used Wallawong Vinnie Roe #58104 on the heifer and she calved October 2018. She was in parturition down in the pasture. I watched her lay down and get up several times. I had seen part of the water bag and a hoof at one point, but as soon as she got up it disappeared. I brought her up to the yard, broke the water, and pulled the calf. Both continue to do well. She has a better udder than her mother's, which is big and hangs low.
[image]http://www.cattletoday.com/forum/app.php/gallery/image/167[/image]
Born unassisted on Friday, February 8th, 2019. Natural serviced by the home-raised Murray Grey bull.
[image]http://www.cattletoday.com/forum/app.php/gallery/image/165[/image]
Olympia's Pelion is easy-calving, fertile, short, and has perfect tenderness. Pelion got the job done at the time, but I am moving on in search of something with more ribeye and marbling.
