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<blockquote data-quote="randiliana" data-source="post: 653263" data-attributes="member: 2308"><p>Well, here is an experience that we had.</p><p></p><p>We bought a yearling Red Angus bull in a sale. He tested good. We turned him out with 15 - 20 cows (can't remember for sure now). After a couple cycles we noticed that we had lots of cows that were cycling, and finally I watched him breed a cow. He could not get it in the cow. His extension was too short, and he was not breeding huge cows. We had him semen checked again, just to be sure, and he tested 92%. The next spring we didn't get 1 calf out of him.</p><p></p><p>The guy we bought the bull from gave us a full credit of his purchase price for the next sale, took the bull back, put him in with some cows that were dry and watched. Same thing happened there, he could not breed a cow. By the time we realized we had a problem it was 6-7 months after we bought the bull, bought him in Feb, and realized we had a problem in late July/early August.</p><p></p><p>But for the question you asked specifically, I'm not sure exactly how you would handle that. Could be he got hurt, wasn't fed properly (starved), or got a disease. I think that this should probably be treated no differently than if the bull tested no good before the next breeding season. I wouldn't expect a breeder to refund my purchase at that point.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="randiliana, post: 653263, member: 2308"] Well, here is an experience that we had. We bought a yearling Red Angus bull in a sale. He tested good. We turned him out with 15 - 20 cows (can't remember for sure now). After a couple cycles we noticed that we had lots of cows that were cycling, and finally I watched him breed a cow. He could not get it in the cow. His extension was too short, and he was not breeding huge cows. We had him semen checked again, just to be sure, and he tested 92%. The next spring we didn't get 1 calf out of him. The guy we bought the bull from gave us a full credit of his purchase price for the next sale, took the bull back, put him in with some cows that were dry and watched. Same thing happened there, he could not breed a cow. By the time we realized we had a problem it was 6-7 months after we bought the bull, bought him in Feb, and realized we had a problem in late July/early August. But for the question you asked specifically, I'm not sure exactly how you would handle that. Could be he got hurt, wasn't fed properly (starved), or got a disease. I think that this should probably be treated no differently than if the bull tested no good before the next breeding season. I wouldn't expect a breeder to refund my purchase at that point. [/QUOTE]
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