crimsoncrazy
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Just to let you know. For Angus the breed average for CED is +5 and BW is +1.7
Toad":1vnijhcy said:I'm in a similar situation as you, I have a bunch of cows to breed back for the second time this year. I bought an angus bull last year that I used on them the first time around, he was a CED +9 and BW +.5. These calves have been very easy and I'm going to use the bull again on heifers this year. Now we are looking for a bull to breed these second time calvers to, I was thinking about an angus bull in the CED +4 - +6 and BW +.5 - +1.5 range. Does that sound reasonable?
highgrit":3z5z6ggm said:I don't care how many calves a cow has had. If you put the wrong bull on the cows you'll have problems. Big Cheese you come up with some terrible advice sometimes. I put a Charolais bull on Angus cows before you were born. All 9 cows had problems. Lost 5 cows, and 7 calves. So don't mislead folks when you say any bull. Because that's what it is BULL.
Big Cheese":316kn6gh said:Once they have a calf they should be OK having calves out of whatever type of bull you want to put on them.
That's exactly right. Saskvalley Primo 40P typically throws calves that are 100+lb but they are really long, slender calves and usually don't have many problems with CE. He's top 30% of the breed for CE, but he's in the bottom 40% for BW. An extra inch or two in the middle can add quite a few pounds of BW.nobull82":3h0pu72p said:That's kinda what I thought was more shape. A 70 lb calf that's short could cause problems where as a 70 lb calf that's longer and skinny would be easier for the heifer. But being the same BW but a different CED
Toad":3ahwl8ru said:One question I have about CED. I've been told to look at the shape of the bulls head as a way to tell if he will produce problems calving. The guys said the blockier the head the more problems. Any truth to that or is that just something someone dreamed up?
Toad":35fods0w said:One question I have about CED. I've been told to look at the shape of the bulls head as a way to tell if he will produce problems calving. The guys said the blockier the head the more problems. Any truth to that or is that just something someone dreamed up?
Toad":w63bje5y said:I'm in a similar situation as you, I have a bunch of cows to breed back for the second time this year. I bought an angus bull last year that I used on them the first time around, he was a CED +9 and BW +.5. These calves have been very easy and I'm going to use the bull again on heifers this year. Now we are looking for a bull to breed these second time calvers to, I was thinking about an angus bull in the CED +4 - +6 and BW +.5 - +1.5 range. Does that sound reasonable?