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<blockquote data-quote="farmerjan" data-source="post: 1850788" data-attributes="member: 25884"><p>This idea of liking an old bull, often dead, is why in a small way we keep bulls to use on our cows for years if we like the calves. We have enough different smaller pastures to be able to not use a bull on his daughter that we may have kept for a replacement. Many/most of our calves are terminal, but not all. We have 2 bulls that are over 10, passed their BSE 's with fine numbers... another is 8, and a couple others are in the 4-6 yr range. We have kept several daughters from 2 of the oldest 3 bulls.... One is an easy calving bull, he is as quiet and gentle a breeder there is, and STILL use him on heifers.... we have kept a few of his daughters but mostly they are sold.... he does what we bought him for. </p><p>We keep what we like, what looks like they will do what we want in a brood cow. We keep what works, and what have given us saleable feeder calves in the past.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="farmerjan, post: 1850788, member: 25884"] This idea of liking an old bull, often dead, is why in a small way we keep bulls to use on our cows for years if we like the calves. We have enough different smaller pastures to be able to not use a bull on his daughter that we may have kept for a replacement. Many/most of our calves are terminal, but not all. We have 2 bulls that are over 10, passed their BSE 's with fine numbers... another is 8, and a couple others are in the 4-6 yr range. We have kept several daughters from 2 of the oldest 3 bulls.... One is an easy calving bull, he is as quiet and gentle a breeder there is, and STILL use him on heifers.... we have kept a few of his daughters but mostly they are sold.... he does what we bought him for. We keep what we like, what looks like they will do what we want in a brood cow. We keep what works, and what have given us saleable feeder calves in the past. [/QUOTE]
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