Menu
Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New media
New media comments
New profile posts
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Members
Current visitors
New profile posts
Search profile posts
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles and first posts only
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Forums
Cattle Boards
Breeding / Calving Issues
New bull???
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Help Support CattleToday:
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Jeanne - Simme Valley" data-source="post: 1761481" data-attributes="member: 968"><p>It's inbreeding when they produce a dud/defect.</p><p>It's linebreeding when it works out great. LOL</p><p>[USER=42463]@Travlr[/USER] I actually have a bull we purchased semen privately. He has a +0 CE and a +8 BW. I only use him on cows, but he gives me absolutely the best females. I castrate all his male offspring even if they are 80-90#. With those EPD numbers, if I sold a bull calf and someone had calving problems, my reputation would be mud.</p><p>I have calves from him ranging from 90 - 120# (and you have to realize that 120 is high end but not unusual for my herd and our cold weather). Daughters with actual 90-110# BW have had absolutely no problem calving. Been breeding to this bull for maybe 6 years, so have active daughters in herd. As yet, never assisted one of his calves or any of his daughters.</p><p>Edit - [USER=42463]@Travlr[/USER] the 2 red show heifers I had pics of in "show me your herd", you commented that you would have thought they were RA or Limo. They are both by this bull I'm talking about.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jeanne - Simme Valley, post: 1761481, member: 968"] It's inbreeding when they produce a dud/defect. It's linebreeding when it works out great. LOL [USER=42463]@Travlr[/USER] I actually have a bull we purchased semen privately. He has a +0 CE and a +8 BW. I only use him on cows, but he gives me absolutely the best females. I castrate all his male offspring even if they are 80-90#. With those EPD numbers, if I sold a bull calf and someone had calving problems, my reputation would be mud. I have calves from him ranging from 90 - 120# (and you have to realize that 120 is high end but not unusual for my herd and our cold weather). Daughters with actual 90-110# BW have had absolutely no problem calving. Been breeding to this bull for maybe 6 years, so have active daughters in herd. As yet, never assisted one of his calves or any of his daughters. Edit - [USER=42463]@Travlr[/USER] the 2 red show heifers I had pics of in "show me your herd", you commented that you would have thought they were RA or Limo. They are both by this bull I'm talking about. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Cattle Boards
Breeding / Calving Issues
New bull???
Top