Running 2 bulls together
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Supa Dexta
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If he's a decent bull atleast a couple yrs old, and not covering a lot of ground he can.
pdfangus
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Yall make me glad that I have AI Bred cows since 1975....
Then one bull can do cleanup on a big group of cattle...
Then one bull can do cleanup on a big group of cattle...
JW IN VA
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No reason why he couldn't unless they all cycled in a very short time.I'd make sure he was in good shape to start with.I still think it's better to rotate them than have two at one time.Supa Dexta":1fxn8331 said:
Nesikep
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I'd definitely try to keep them as two herds.. for one, you have a better idea which calves are from what bull, and less fighting.. If just for the first cycle already..
Last year I had two bulls, a 3 and 5 year old, they were separated the first 2 months of breeding, then got put back together.. well.. they had a 4 hour fight, and it's the younger one that ended up dominant
Last year I had two bulls, a 3 and 5 year old, they were separated the first 2 months of breeding, then got put back together.. well.. they had a 4 hour fight, and it's the younger one that ended up dominant
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Ky hills
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Lucky":1ca6znya said:
Ideally I would be running them with cows for around 3-4 months at the most and pulling them out, but recently haven't been able to do that. We actually have more bulls than needed cow wise, but with a heifer project and cows bulls are needed at the same time.
Coosh71
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Bulls will be bulls lol. We have ran multiple bulls in the past with mixed results. My vet shared an interesting story with me last week. 3 bulls in same pasture to breed a large group of cows. When dna/genetics were done on the calves 95% were from bull 1. Bull #2 bred 5%. So from the production side Bull 2 and 3 did nothing. It's not know the age of the 3 bulls, but we're all straight BA.
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Ky hills
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True Grit Farms":1pxigqaz said:
Just updating on what I did about the bulls. Think it was April 20, I put the bull that always semen tests the best in with all the heifers. Wanted to divide the heifers between the two but at time didn't have time to do it, 2 weeks later did get them split up with both bulls. Now the second bull has come up with a hurt leg so all heifers are back with the first bull.
True Grit Farms
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Hopefully it's nothing serious. I'm bringing one of mine to the sale barn with his papers and recent BSE results. Hopefully I'll get a good down payment out of him for my new yearling Brangus bull.
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Ky hills
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True Grit Farms":w9a89dac said:
Thanks, I hope not too, He is eating and appears healthy just hobbling around, so I'm thinking he slipped on or stepped on a rock. It's pretty rough in the field he has been in. I hope your bull does well, I like the idea of a Brangus bull. I would like my next bull to be a Brangus, but not many in this area, more Santa Gertrudis and Beefmasters for the available American breeds here.
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Ky hills":31xx7wx7 said:
Nothing wrong with taking a tax deductible road trip to bull shop.
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Lucky":10zqrwdn said:
Rotate ?
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True Grit Farms":1bn75i73 said:
Do wife loves bull shopping and steak dinners.
Jake
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We run flush brothers together all the time. They live together from the day they get of the trailer until they go to slaughter. They have an established pecking order and it works. Where you get into trouble is if the bulls don't have the pecking order figured out and they have to constantly fight.
I'm running a Hereford, a Limousin, and a Red Angus together right now.
The Hereford is the oldest and it appears he's getting most of the "action".
The Hereford is the oldest and it appears he's getting most of the "action".
