Menu
Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New media
New media comments
New profile posts
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Members
Current visitors
New profile posts
Search profile posts
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles and first posts only
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Forums
Cattle Boards
Breeding / Calving Issues
When to turn the bull in
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Help Support CattleToday:
Message
<blockquote data-quote="HOSS" data-source="post: 679481" data-attributes="member: 1863"><p>I would leave the bull in. I have never had any trouble with the bull breeding in the heat here in Tennessee and it regularly gets in the upper 90's in the summer. I would think that Brangus would have no problems in Texas. With twenty cows to breed you will probably start calving at the end of april and through May. What you can do, depending on the age of the bull, is take 5 cows and give a shot of Lutalyse....wait 4 or 5 days and repeat until all of your cows are done. You will have them all in heat within a 30 day time frame and that will tighten your calving window this spring. Don't give the lutalyse to too many cows at once as he will not be able to keep up. If he is under 2 years old I would not do this. Feed him good while he is working. I am sure others will have differing opinions but I would have a hard time justifying those cows being open until winter and non-productive for more than a year and all the while maintaining a bull. You can try to move up the timing of the calving season incrementally each spring / summer until you are able to put the bull in around may or early june. JMHO</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HOSS, post: 679481, member: 1863"] I would leave the bull in. I have never had any trouble with the bull breeding in the heat here in Tennessee and it regularly gets in the upper 90's in the summer. I would think that Brangus would have no problems in Texas. With twenty cows to breed you will probably start calving at the end of april and through May. What you can do, depending on the age of the bull, is take 5 cows and give a shot of Lutalyse....wait 4 or 5 days and repeat until all of your cows are done. You will have them all in heat within a 30 day time frame and that will tighten your calving window this spring. Don't give the lutalyse to too many cows at once as he will not be able to keep up. If he is under 2 years old I would not do this. Feed him good while he is working. I am sure others will have differing opinions but I would have a hard time justifying those cows being open until winter and non-productive for more than a year and all the while maintaining a bull. You can try to move up the timing of the calving season incrementally each spring / summer until you are able to put the bull in around may or early june. JMHO [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Cattle Boards
Breeding / Calving Issues
When to turn the bull in
Top