yearling bulls

[deenranch]

Gridmaker x Illusion N111 bull at 14 months

Reality x Cigar bull at 12 months

 

[coxy]

I rarely look at Charolais but I like them. I have pondered about a white bull with my black cows, I am impressed with those silver calves but I am also afraid to actually do it.

 

[E in PA]

nice looking bulls. i've always liked your profile pic by the way.

coxy,

if you do a search on here there is a fair amount of talk about char's as a terminal bull in a 3 way cross. just keep it away from heifers.

 

[3waycross]

nice looking bulls. i've always liked your profile pic by the way.

coxy,

if you do a search on here there is a fair amount of talk about char's as a terminal bull in a 3 way cross. just keep it away from heifers.

There's plenty of calving ease Char's around these days.

 

[E in PA]

just curious, is the calving ease # breed specific? or is that number good for all breeds?

 

[3waycross]

just curious, is the calving ease # breed specific? or is that number good for all breeds?

What calving ease #

 

[E in PA]

if you use AI isnt there a number associated with calving ease, birth weight etc?

 

[Red Bull Breeder]

Those numbers are EPDs each breed will be a little different. If you buy registered stock it should have some epd's.

 

[highgrit]

IMO putting a Charolais bull on heifers is like playing russian roulette. Your luck will run out.

 

[deenranch]

These ain't the same ole Charolais your grandad ran. I just sold my purebred Charolais heifer bull. Never got a calf that weighed over 72# at birth. The Charolais breeder have made great improvements in the past 20 years.

You have to buy the right bull. There are genetics in every breed that shouldn't be put on heifers.

If we keep breeding bulls that have 50-60# calves and keep those heifers and breed them to the same kind of bull. Eventually those heifers won't be able to have anything but a 50# calf. Think about it for a minute. If we keep going in the same direction we are gonna have to find bulls that will throw 25# calves.

I don't keep anything out of my heifer bulls. Cause when I breed them to my regular herdsire, I don't want to worry about a 5 year old cow having an 80-85# calf. JMO

 

[Bigfoot]

I'm a char man, or atleast I have several in my herd. I often use a char bull. I would'nt breed hiefers to one. Infact the hiefers themselves will many times over ride a calving ease bull.