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<blockquote data-quote="Jeanne - Simme Valley" data-source="post: 367537" data-attributes="member: 968"><p>Your bull is extremely thin. Muscle & guts can't be expressed when the animal is not getting proper nutrition. If you expect him to breed any cows, I would be concerned about getting some quality groceries in him. Cattle can starve to death "knee deep" in hay if the hay is poor quality. Looks like the "yellow" cow in the background is in the same poor condition, so I would have to assume you have poor quality hay. Seems like you need to learn to be able to LOOK at your cattle and realize they are THIN.</p><p>Here's a good site to learn how to Body Condition Score your cattle: <a href="http://www.ext.vt.edu/pubs/beef/400-795/photos1-9.html" target="_blank">http://www.ext.vt.edu/pubs/beef/400-795/photos1-9.html</a></p><p>There are MANY people that can't look at there own cattle and not see the bad points or poor condition, something that needs to be "learned". If you can SEE the spine & hip bones like what I see in your bull & cow, they are too thin. Cows do not rebreed very well in that condition and don't produce good quality colostrum for their newborns. The problems just perpetuate from low quality feed.</p><p>I agree a commercial man can't be spending $3-5000 on a bull for 8-10 head of cows - BUT - he sure should be able to spend maybe $1500 and buy a decent bull. You can buy some really super bulls off NY bull test for $1500, so I imagine you could have found one in your area.</p><p>We really can't tell if this bull is as bad as he looks until he gets into a BCS of maybe 5-6</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jeanne - Simme Valley, post: 367537, member: 968"] Your bull is extremely thin. Muscle & guts can't be expressed when the animal is not getting proper nutrition. If you expect him to breed any cows, I would be concerned about getting some quality groceries in him. Cattle can starve to death "knee deep" in hay if the hay is poor quality. Looks like the "yellow" cow in the background is in the same poor condition, so I would have to assume you have poor quality hay. Seems like you need to learn to be able to LOOK at your cattle and realize they are THIN. Here's a good site to learn how to Body Condition Score your cattle: [url=http://www.ext.vt.edu/pubs/beef/400-795/photos1-9.html]http://www.ext.vt.edu/pubs/beef/400-795/photos1-9.html[/url] There are MANY people that can't look at there own cattle and not see the bad points or poor condition, something that needs to be "learned". If you can SEE the spine & hip bones like what I see in your bull & cow, they are too thin. Cows do not rebreed very well in that condition and don't produce good quality colostrum for their newborns. The problems just perpetuate from low quality feed. I agree a commercial man can't be spending $3-5000 on a bull for 8-10 head of cows - BUT - he sure should be able to spend maybe $1500 and buy a decent bull. You can buy some really super bulls off NY bull test for $1500, so I imagine you could have found one in your area. We really can't tell if this bull is as bad as he looks until he gets into a BCS of maybe 5-6 [/QUOTE]
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