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<blockquote data-quote="Jeanne - Simme Valley" data-source="post: 108204" data-attributes="member: 968"><p>If he's 4 months old, he must be a March born calf?? IF you do a good job of raising the bull calf - weighing around 1000-1200# by 12 months of age - he should be ready to service 10-15 cows by next May (at 14 months old). 20 head may be pushing it for him. Depends on how fast you want your cows bred back & how short/long a calving season you want the next year.</p><p>My question would be why were they selling a 4 month old bull calf? And if he doesn't weigh 400# at this time, he probably isn't a good "bull" prospect. </p><p>You would be better off buying a breeding age bull along with your 20 head of cows, and raising this one for a feeder.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jeanne - Simme Valley, post: 108204, member: 968"] If he's 4 months old, he must be a March born calf?? IF you do a good job of raising the bull calf - weighing around 1000-1200# by 12 months of age - he should be ready to service 10-15 cows by next May (at 14 months old). 20 head may be pushing it for him. Depends on how fast you want your cows bred back & how short/long a calving season you want the next year. My question would be why were they selling a 4 month old bull calf? And if he doesn't weigh 400# at this time, he probably isn't a good "bull" prospect. You would be better off buying a breeding age bull along with your 20 head of cows, and raising this one for a feeder. [/QUOTE]
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