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My Red Brangus Bull (PIcs of calves added)
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<blockquote data-quote="BRAFORDMAN" data-source="post: 788182" data-attributes="member: 14817"><p>My herd is made up of mostly Braford cross cows. My cows had there 1st or 2nd calves this year. I originally had a beefmaster cross bull with my cows in 2008. He ended up stunted and only bred half of my cows. Half of my herd had their 1st calves last year. The calving season started in May and ended in September. I got 11 calves in 5 months. This left me with open 2 and 3 year old heifers. So after this happened I sold the bull. While looking for a bull I found a red brangus ranch in Arkansas and decided to go take a look. He had a nice 2 year old bull who was 3 quarter red angus. From the pictures you can tell he does not show much "ear" and neither did his calves this year. The heifers that did not breed last year where the first to calve this year. I had 13 calves born within 3 weeks. Some of my cows had their first calve at 4 years old this year.</p><p></p><p> The cows that calved last year were a late breeding back due too the long calving season. Because of the extreme hot weather many cows bred late or were open this year. My dad and I had a total of 16 open cows. The only reason they are not at the salebarn now is because they were mostly 1st calvers and the hot weather took a toll on them.</p><p>I decided to hold them and put them with a bull in January in hopes of getting them to calve in October. </p><p>Hopefully I can time my calving season and my dads off better next year.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BRAFORDMAN, post: 788182, member: 14817"] My herd is made up of mostly Braford cross cows. My cows had there 1st or 2nd calves this year. I originally had a beefmaster cross bull with my cows in 2008. He ended up stunted and only bred half of my cows. Half of my herd had their 1st calves last year. The calving season started in May and ended in September. I got 11 calves in 5 months. This left me with open 2 and 3 year old heifers. So after this happened I sold the bull. While looking for a bull I found a red brangus ranch in Arkansas and decided to go take a look. He had a nice 2 year old bull who was 3 quarter red angus. From the pictures you can tell he does not show much "ear" and neither did his calves this year. The heifers that did not breed last year where the first to calve this year. I had 13 calves born within 3 weeks. Some of my cows had their first calve at 4 years old this year. The cows that calved last year were a late breeding back due too the long calving season. Because of the extreme hot weather many cows bred late or were open this year. My dad and I had a total of 16 open cows. The only reason they are not at the salebarn now is because they were mostly 1st calvers and the hot weather took a toll on them. I decided to hold them and put them with a bull in January in hopes of getting them to calve in October. Hopefully I can time my calving season and my dads off better next year. [/QUOTE]
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