young hereford bull revisited

[sporder]

posted this pic about 5 months ago

thought i would post him as he is now at 22 mo. thoughts on his development or lack of development are welcome

 

[Cabo]

Good looking bull except his sac looks like its empty.

 

[sporder]

i agree not the best but they do work. ran with 3 heifers as yearling and got them in calf no prob

 

[heath]

i agree not the best but they do work. ran with 3 heifers as yearling and got them in calf no prob

I would hope so with only three had to cover.

 

[Taurus]

he is peeing in the picture. But I wasn't impressed with the nut sacks.

 

[sporder]

how big were your nuts at 22 mo? appoligise if you are female

 

[3waycross]

how big were your nuts at 22 mo? appoligise if you are female

The question is how big are his. You should have them measured. The minimum at that age i believe is 36cm to be considered a viable breeding bull.

Look on page 3

http://www2.ctahr.hawaii.edu/oc/freepubs/pdf/LM-17.pdf

 

[sporder]

they are above 36 last time measured. they are even in size just dont hang down very far. when he gets up for sitting and they have been tucked away nice and warm they hang better. still 0 degrees over here.

 

[3waycross]

He's right in the ballpark then so i wouldn't worry about it! Sporder you're not going to get a lot of praise for him but if he suits you then use him. He's not bad bull, he's just not a really good bull.

and i hate the way he always stands stretched out like that. makes me thing that he is structurally unsound when he doesn't stand under himself.

 

[TennesseeTuxedo]

Where are you located sporder that is still 0 degrees?

 

[ALACOWMAN]

they are above 36 last time measured. they are even in size just dont hang down very far. when he gets up for sitting and they have been tucked away nice and warm they hang better. still 0 degrees over here.

what kind of udder attachment did his moma have??? he looks allful soft

 

[KNERSIE]

He's right in the ballpark then so i wouldn't worry about it! Sporder you're not going to get a lot of praise for him but if he suits you then use him. He's not bad bull, he's just not a really good bull.

and i hate the way he always stands stretched out like that. makes me thing that he is structurally unsound when he doesn't stand under himself.

He doesn't stand foursquare, never did, pasterns still weak, won't change for the better either. He's good enough for Sporder's market, ie selling to dairies, but not a stock bull by any stretch of the imagination.

 

[sporder]

all fair comments which i agree with. as Knersie said he will not be used for ped breeding. He was retained as a way of gainning experience raising bulls in terms of feeding and handling.

 

[Chris H]

Where are you located sporder that is still 0 degrees?

That's probably Celsius, but that is freezing.

 

[TennesseeTuxedo]

I'm still curious as to where Sporder lives.

 

[Chris H]

I'm still curious as to where Sporder lives.

If I recall right, he's in the UK.

 

[KNERSIE]

Isle of Wight

 

[TennesseeTuxedo]

Thank you both.