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<blockquote data-quote="Frankie" data-source="post: 68437" data-attributes="member: 13"><p>I think until a two year old. A lot depends on pasture conditions. We used a three year old Angus bull on 40 cows and had good results. But we were doing rotational grazing that breeding season and he had all the cows in 6-10 acre paddocks. If they had been spread out over the entire 300 acre place, I doubt he'd have been as successful. He'd probably have killed himself trying, though. The general rule of thumb where I live is 25 cows per mature bull. One concern with young bulls is that they lose their teeth and aren't efficient eaters for a while. If they're busy trying to breed cows, they'll drop a lot of weight and that can affect them permanently. Once their permanent teeth come in, it's less a concern. Scrotal size makes a difference, too. It takes 60 days to build a sperm cell. Younger bulls generally will have smaller sperm factories, so can't breed as many cows.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Frankie, post: 68437, member: 13"] I think until a two year old. A lot depends on pasture conditions. We used a three year old Angus bull on 40 cows and had good results. But we were doing rotational grazing that breeding season and he had all the cows in 6-10 acre paddocks. If they had been spread out over the entire 300 acre place, I doubt he'd have been as successful. He'd probably have killed himself trying, though. The general rule of thumb where I live is 25 cows per mature bull. One concern with young bulls is that they lose their teeth and aren't efficient eaters for a while. If they're busy trying to breed cows, they'll drop a lot of weight and that can affect them permanently. Once their permanent teeth come in, it's less a concern. Scrotal size makes a difference, too. It takes 60 days to build a sperm cell. Younger bulls generally will have smaller sperm factories, so can't breed as many cows. [/QUOTE]
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