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<blockquote data-quote="Banjo" data-source="post: 1006550" data-attributes="member: 17304"><p>I've thought of going that route myself....I just like the fact that they are not developed on grain<strong>....studies</strong> show that bulls not grained are more fertile. However, having said that, the <strong>studies suggest that bulls fed to gain from two to four lb/day are less fertile</strong>. I don't feed any grain but I would think probably something fed a very modest amount of grain may do as well. There are a few producers out there starting to pop up here and there that are raising bulls that aren't fat as ticks and are ready to go to work.</p><p>I'm also not sold on the 900 to 1000lb. cow....i have 5 or 6 that i am watching here in my herd...so the jury is still out on that. I think about 1200lb is about right.</p></blockquote><p></p><p>Can you provide a source for those studies? Perhaps a link?[/quote]</p><p>I never saved any of them....but you wouldn't believe them anyway. Grassfed bulls and heifers just mature slower....which doesn't sit to well with most on this forum who want bulls to breed and heifers to be bred at a year old. but " Time is Money" as I was so elequently told one time. I guess if you really want to know about grassfed bull fertility.....find a vet or someone who has had a semen test done on their grassfed bulls and see how they compare to corn fed bulls. Why don't you contact the vet who does PCC's bull tests and see how they stack up to yours since your out there in the same neck of the woods. Maybe you can prove me wrong. :tiphat:</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p>
[QUOTE="Banjo, post: 1006550, member: 17304"] I've thought of going that route myself....I just like the fact that they are not developed on grain[b]....studies[/b] show that bulls not grained are more fertile. However, having said that, the [b]studies suggest that bulls fed to gain from two to four lb/day are less fertile[/b]. I don't feed any grain but I would think probably something fed a very modest amount of grain may do as well. There are a few producers out there starting to pop up here and there that are raising bulls that aren't fat as ticks and are ready to go to work. I'm also not sold on the 900 to 1000lb. cow....i have 5 or 6 that i am watching here in my herd...so the jury is still out on that. I think about 1200lb is about right.[/quote] Can you provide a source for those studies? Perhaps a link?[/quote] I never saved any of them....but you wouldn't believe them anyway. Grassfed bulls and heifers just mature slower....which doesn't sit to well with most on this forum who want bulls to breed and heifers to be bred at a year old. but " Time is Money" as I was so elequently told one time. I guess if you really want to know about grassfed bull fertility.....find a vet or someone who has had a semen test done on their grassfed bulls and see how they compare to corn fed bulls. Why don't you contact the vet who does PCC's bull tests and see how they stack up to yours since your out there in the same neck of the woods. Maybe you can prove me wrong. :tiphat: [/QUOTE]
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