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<blockquote data-quote="Keren" data-source="post: 672305" data-attributes="member: 3195"><p>I will admit - a bull who has obvious faults that I wouldnt normally use - ie structural/leg faults - becomes 'good enough' if it is getting late in the season, for several reasons I cannot put a better bull out with the girls, it becomes a matter of just getting them bred or carrying the cows empty for a year, I will choose to breed to the inferior bull, and earmark all the calves as terminal. </p><p></p><p>Now it hasnt happened very often, but it has happened once or twice, when my original male was injured or keeled over, or other family circumstances prevented me from purchasing a better male on time for the breeding season. </p><p></p><p>Even if that bull is cow hocked and knock kneed with a sway back and loose sheath, if his price tag matches his quality, I'd rather use him for the year and earmark him and all the calves to be slaughtered, than carry my females empty. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Agree entirely</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Keren, post: 672305, member: 3195"] I will admit - a bull who has obvious faults that I wouldnt normally use - ie structural/leg faults - becomes 'good enough' if it is getting late in the season, for several reasons I cannot put a better bull out with the girls, it becomes a matter of just getting them bred or carrying the cows empty for a year, I will choose to breed to the inferior bull, and earmark all the calves as terminal. Now it hasnt happened very often, but it has happened once or twice, when my original male was injured or keeled over, or other family circumstances prevented me from purchasing a better male on time for the breeding season. Even if that bull is cow hocked and knock kneed with a sway back and loose sheath, if his price tag matches his quality, I'd rather use him for the year and earmark him and all the calves to be slaughtered, than carry my females empty. Agree entirely [/QUOTE]
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