That's a good point. I'm just getting antsy, and it's gonna be a long 3 months before the embryo is due The embryo is a full sibling to the 2011 NWSS Reserve Champion ShorthornPlus Female, so obviously I am hoping for a heifer calf, but when you want a heifer you usually end up with a bull calf, and I'd rather take a bull around to various shows than cut him and campaign a steer. I will probably take him to a few "prospect steer" shows when he is a calf, as long as they don't require male calves to be castrated :roll:branguscowgirl":e9ywnd8y said:I certainly see a lot of bulls in the show ring with calves on the ground. They are going to have the same Testosterone and drive to breed whether they "are virgins" or not.
However when you are fitting a bull and showing him, you are not going to want him out running off weight and risk getting injured.
If he is THAT good, (and you are worried about it) why not just collect him and AI your cows?
Good luck with you calf!shortybreeder":2ww6ci3v said:That's a good point. I'm just getting antsy, and it's gonna be a long 3 months before the embryo is due The embryo is a full sibling to the 2011 NWSS Reserve Champion ShorthornPlus Female, so obviously I am hoping for a heifer calf, but when you want a heifer you usually end up with a bull calf, and I'd rather take a bull around to various shows than cut him and campaign a steer. I will probably take him to a few "prospect steer" shows when he is a calf, as long as they don't require male calves to be castrated :roll:branguscowgirl":2ww6ci3v said:I certainly see a lot of bulls in the show ring with calves on the ground. They are going to have the same Testosterone and drive to breed whether they "are virgins" or not.
However when you are fitting a bull and showing him, you are not going to want him out running off weight and risk getting injured.
If he is THAT good, (and you are worried about it) why not just collect him and AI your cows?
That's how every bull gets collected and being around both horses and cows I'd much rather halter breed a bull than a horse!branguscowgirl":1dd4u0np said:No offense FSR. But I personally would not "halter breed" with a bull. I think it is too easy to get hurt and have the sucker decide he wants you out of the way. Just my :2cents:
I had my show bull running with the cows last year, (have some calves on the ground this year from him.) Pulled him out and showed him in January with no ill effect. Again, I really think it depends on the individual bull.
I am not saying it can't be done. "Training" is the key word. If they do not know what they are doing, I would highly discourage it.It does take some training to get the bull to go through the process smoothly though.