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<blockquote data-quote="moses388" data-source="post: 1559544" data-attributes="member: 27368"><p>http://www.cattletoday.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=103037&p=1401269#p1400761</p><p></p><p>>>>Backbone Ranch wrote: </p><p>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.<<<</p><p></p><p>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. </p><p>[image]http://www.cattletoday.com/forum/app.php/gallery/image/168[/image]</p><p></p><p>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: </p><p>production index: 5.15</p><p>birth weight: 2</p><p>calving ease direct: 7</p><p>calving ease maternal: 5</p><p>stayability: 7</p><p>heifer pregnancy rate: 7</p><p>docility: 5</p><p>milk: 5</p><p>residual feed intake: 6</p><p>average daily gain: 2</p><p>tenderness: 9</p><p>marbling: 3</p><p>ribeye area: 1</p><p>fat: 6</p><p>[image]http://www.cattletoday.com/forum/app.php/gallery/image/166[/image]</p><p></p><p>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. </p><p>[image]http://www.cattletoday.com/forum/app.php/gallery/image/167[/image]</p><p></p><p>Born unassisted on Friday, February 8th, 2019. Natural serviced by the home-raised Murray Grey bull.</p><p>[image]http://www.cattletoday.com/forum/app.php/gallery/image/165[/image]</p><p></p><p>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.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="moses388, post: 1559544, member: 27368"] http://www.cattletoday.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=103037&p=1401269#p1400761 >>>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. [/QUOTE]
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