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<blockquote data-quote="Chris H" data-source="post: 564748" data-attributes="member: 1974"><p>That info changes what I was going to recommend! I was going to say if they were just commercial cattle, and the only cattle you have, just a hobby, --then buy a young bull, run him with the cows 6 weeks, grain him during those 6 weeks and another 6 weeks after you pull him out, then butcher him. Haha, not a normal answer on these boards, but different things work for different operations. </p><p></p><p>I wouldn't run a bull for those five unless you can use the bull in the rest of the herd. I'd guess you want to keep your gerts purebred, but with 5 reg Angus and another 20 beef/angus cows in another pasture then you could afford to purchase a good bull. An alternative that we have used with some success is to AI select cows, your 5 Angus in your case, in hopes of raising a herdsire for your commercial cattle. AI'ing your Angus would give you the opportunity to try some bloodlines that may not be available otherwise.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Chris H, post: 564748, member: 1974"] That info changes what I was going to recommend! I was going to say if they were just commercial cattle, and the only cattle you have, just a hobby, --then buy a young bull, run him with the cows 6 weeks, grain him during those 6 weeks and another 6 weeks after you pull him out, then butcher him. Haha, not a normal answer on these boards, but different things work for different operations. I wouldn't run a bull for those five unless you can use the bull in the rest of the herd. I'd guess you want to keep your gerts purebred, but with 5 reg Angus and another 20 beef/angus cows in another pasture then you could afford to purchase a good bull. An alternative that we have used with some success is to AI select cows, your 5 Angus in your case, in hopes of raising a herdsire for your commercial cattle. AI'ing your Angus would give you the opportunity to try some bloodlines that may not be available otherwise. [/QUOTE]
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