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<blockquote data-quote="Anonymous" data-source="post: 124779"><p>I would use either a salers bull as they are known for calving ease or perhaps a gelbviehXangus balancer bull. I have seen to many charolais breeders have to use the birthing chains on every single calf. You live 25 minutes from the pasture thus a charolais bull would not be a good idea. Ive seen salers calves and balancer calves hit the ground running literally. The salers calves will be small but will grow rapidly. However look for a bull that is not really muscled in the front. The more muscled in the front the more likely they are to have calving problems. If you want something you dont have to babysit and use the birthing chains on go with again a salers bull or a balancer bull. This is just my opinion but I have proven time and time again that salers bulls and balancer bulls work. Ive never had calving problems with my 41 cows. If you go charolais you will be sorry. Limousin bulls are ornery and every damned one I have seen was dangerous. Besides that they are heavily muscled in the front and have calving problems. An angus bull would be fine as well. Again just make sure he is not to heavily muscled in the front end. This normally means he will have somewhat of a calving problem. The salers have the largest pelvic area of any cattle breed therefore they have little to no calving problems.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 124779"] I would use either a salers bull as they are known for calving ease or perhaps a gelbviehXangus balancer bull. I have seen to many charolais breeders have to use the birthing chains on every single calf. You live 25 minutes from the pasture thus a charolais bull would not be a good idea. Ive seen salers calves and balancer calves hit the ground running literally. The salers calves will be small but will grow rapidly. However look for a bull that is not really muscled in the front. The more muscled in the front the more likely they are to have calving problems. If you want something you dont have to babysit and use the birthing chains on go with again a salers bull or a balancer bull. This is just my opinion but I have proven time and time again that salers bulls and balancer bulls work. Ive never had calving problems with my 41 cows. If you go charolais you will be sorry. Limousin bulls are ornery and every damned one I have seen was dangerous. Besides that they are heavily muscled in the front and have calving problems. An angus bull would be fine as well. Again just make sure he is not to heavily muscled in the front end. This normally means he will have somewhat of a calving problem. The salers have the largest pelvic area of any cattle breed therefore they have little to no calving problems. [/QUOTE]
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