New Balancer bull

[Mallen23]

I recently acquired a new balancer bull, a grandson of gelbvieh bull 150-D. He will be 1 year old in November. At what point would I be able to reasonable use him on 4-5 heifers without causing growth hinderance.

 

[certherfbeef]

General rule of thumb is one cow or heifer per month of age on the bull. I will not guarentee a bull a breeder (even with bse exam) if he is put with cattle before 15 months.
I have no idea about a balancer or if they mature faster.
Hand bred to one or two at say 13 or 14 months has been done here with no problems.

 

[showme]

Most of the time we wait until they are 15 months but they can breed when ever.

 

[showme]

We had a bull in the pasture who started breeding at 14 months old he bred 80-100 cows that year and was still growing and sold comm calves off the farm for $800 a heifer calves and $1000 for steer calves. He now has about 600 calves on the growned and he is only 4.

 

[Wewild]

We had a bull in the pasture who started breeding at 14 months old he bred 80-100 cows

I find that hard to believe.

 

[Mallen23]

So with this new balancer bull of mine, I have adequate pasture (50 % bermuda 50% fescue), should I supplement him with extra feed to push his growth, or let nature take its course.

 

[Mallen23]

I do not have a picture yet, I will try to get one if I can come up with a digital camera. The link below is a link to his current EPD Information on the gelbvieh website. Any comments about his numbers would be great. I am new to the cattle industry and would appreciate any comments on my bull, positive or constructive (negative). Thanks.
http://www.gelbvieh.org/search/animalin ... AMGV906586

 

[Rustler9]

I'd wait til he's at least 15 months old and then only use him on a few heifers. He's still got some maturing to do even though they can actually breed at 11-12 months old.

 

[la4angus]

We had a bull in the pasture who started breeding at 14 months old he bred 80-100 cows

I find that hard to believe.

Wewild, that little boy done learned to many Cajun tales. Not only hard to believe but impossible to believe.

 

[1848]

We had a bull in the pasture who started breeding at 14 months old he bred 80-100 cows that year

You are fu, fu, fu, full of sh*t.

BaaaaHahaha! :lol2: :lol2: Easy Cowboy!

 

[Caustic Burno]

We had a bull in the pasture who started breeding at 14 months old he bred 80-100 cows that year and was still growing and sold comm calves off the farm for $800 a heifer calves and $1000 for steer calves. He now has about 600 calves on the growned and he is only 4.

Thats a bunch of happy horse sh*t, What does 50 lb bags Viagra cost?

Where is Camp this would get 2 BS flags.

 

[MikeC]

We had a bull in the pasture who started breeding at 14 months old he bred 80-100 cows that year and was still growing and sold comm calves off the farm for $800 a heifer calves and $1000 for steer calves. He now has about 600 calves on the growned and he is only 4.

Thats a bunch of happy horse sh*t, What does 50 lb bags Viagra cost?
Where is Camp this would get 2 BS flags.

Do the math, he is 4 and started breeding at 1 = 3 years.
600 calves on the ground for 3 years = 200 cows per year.
If he only bred 100 cows the first year, he would have to breed 250 each of the other two years.

250 cows in a year?

I would say that this is impossible! :roll: No, I will go farther, I will say that this is a damn lie! :shock:

 

[Angus Guy]

Only way is if they pulled semen.

 

[Stocker Steve]

We had a bull in the pasture who started breeding at 14 months old he bred 80-100 cows that year and was still growing and sold comm calves off the farm for $800 a heifer calves and $1000 for steer calves. He now has about 600 calves on the growned and he is only 4.

Lucky bugger!

 

[la4angus]

We had a bull in the pasture who started breeding at 14 months old he bred 80-100 cows that year and was still growing and sold comm calves off the farm for $800 a heifer calves and $1000 for steer calves. He now has about 600 calves on the growned and he is only 4.

Lucky bugger!

He musta been a horny sum bitch huh. Reminds me of my younger days.

 

[Jake]

We had a bull in the pasture who started breeding at 14 months old he bred 80-100 cows that year and was still growing and sold comm calves off the farm for $800 a heifer calves and $1000 for steer calves. He now has about 600 calves on the growned and he is only 4.

Lucky bugger!

He musta been a horny sum be nice huh. Reminds me of my younger days.

don't get carried away there La

 

[Beefy]

whatever LA. you couldnt mountain dew 600 cows. Could you? :shock:

 

[Caustic Burno]

Only way is if they pulled semen.

He stated Bred.

 

[la4angus]

whatever LA. you couldnt mountain dew 600 cows. Could you? :shock:

Not in 3 years, for sure.

 

[Beefy]

lol.