what to feed yearling

[bubchub]

We have a 13 month old LImousin bull that we plan to feed till he is big and ready to breed. What is the best thing to feed a bull to get him to grow and look good?

 

[Bama]

This time of year everbody is pretty much all grass and minerals with no grain.

 

[Crowderfarms]

We have a 13 month old LImousin bull that we plan to feed till he is big and ready to breed. What is the best thing to feed a bull to get him to grow and look good?

Some Feed Companies have special feeds called Bull feed, Bull developer,Bull finisher, etc. my opinion is let the pasture feed and develop your Bull, get some good Minerals out. Bama as usual, was right on the mark.

 

[buckaroo_bif]

why not let him start breeding now bubachuba?

 

[bubchub]

Well we are about to. He's in the lot beside the house and I keep a few heifers in there and almost all of them get penned in their to calve. IF he is probably 13-14 months how many head can he breed.

 

[bigbull338]

at that age you could turn him out with 10 heifers an he could bred them no problem scott

 

[Wewild]

Well we are about to. He's in the lot beside the house and I keep a few heifers in there and almost all of them get penned in their to calve. IF he is probably 13-14 months how many head can he breed.

What kind of heifers?

 

[Arnold Ziffle]

bubchub, you probably know all about this already, but I'd say that if your young bull will semen test OK I'd put him to work real soon (like now) with those heifers, assuming you have no other bull or were not planning on AI. Keep an eye on his condition as well as your pasture conditions --- you may want to give him some good bull ration, especially now that he'll be "working". I dont know about your forage situation but around here the green groceries are quickly disappearing! If bred now the heifers would be calving around mid-March to April -- thats a little later than some of us shoot for down here but its not a problem and is probably just fine in n.e. Texas. IMO it is certainly best to avoid calving in Texas in the summer months, say June through Sept.

 

[buckaroo_bif]

bubchub, you probably know all about this already, but I'd say that if your young bull will semen test OK I'd put him to work real soon (like now) with those heifers, assuming you have no other bull or were not planning on AI. Keep an eye on his condition as well as your pasture conditions --- you may want to give him some good bull ration, especially now that he'll be "working". I dont know about your forage situation but around here the green groceries are quickly disappearing! If bred now the heifers would be calving around mid-March to April -- thats a little later than some of us shoot for down here but its not a problem and is probably just fine in n.e. Texas. IMO it is certainly best to avoid calving in Texas in the summer months, say June through Sept.

I agree get him to working soon so as not to delay the caliving season any longer.
bif

 

[preston39]

bubchub

Suggest reviewing Beginners board.....number of cows per bull topic.

 

[flbullrider]

FRM's Super 90 works well, and is reasonably priced. ADM has their "PBR" Performance 90 Bull Feed, which was just introduced early this year. Haven't used it since the closest distributor is over 100 miles away...

Mike Bishop - http://www.flbullrider.com

 

[buckaroo_bif]

bubchub i'm no expert but i think 10 is a good number to start with for the first year and he should be able to handle 20 by next year. just my opinion. However! If he is limousin do you have any idea what kind of birthweight to expect from him? epd's? cause in most cases limousins are Not low birthweight bulls and if'n you are gonna stick him with heifers then you might want to consider that....!
bif

 

[bubchub]

Sorry I am late to post back. I have been at a funeral today and the viewing yesterday. As of right now we have an Angus bull breeding the heifers. He is about to be gone and the Limousine will replace him. As I said I have him beside the house and I do supplement him with cubes and corn. Since he is in the lot, he has plenty of coastal hay to eat. He is a low birth weight bull and friendly as a dog. The heifers are mostly Hereford and Angus crosses. The man we bought him from did not want to sell him, but after we agreed to buy another bull we worked this one into the deal. He said that he was ideal for heifers.

 

[Wewild]

Sorry I am late to post back. I have been at a funeral today and the viewing yesterday. As of right now we have an Angus bull breeding the heifers. He is about to be gone and the Limousine will replace him. As I said I have him beside the house and I do supplement him with cubes and corn. Since he is in the lot, he has plenty of coastal hay to eat. He is a low birth weight bull and friendly as a dog. The heifers are mostly Hereford and Angus crosses. The man we bought him from did not want to sell him, but after we agreed to buy another bull we worked this one into the deal. He said that he was ideal for heifers.

We had a really bad experience with a lim bull on lim heifers way back. We never did it again. We haven't tried a lim on heifers again and won't. Let'm breed that angus you got then send him down the road. Worry about next years heifer breeding next year if you got any that will be ready.

Could be we over reacted because I'm sure lim's are breed to lim heifers that successfully calve every year. We take the approach that we want each heifer to have a successful birth and weaning and we always sell the calf.