13 month old free-martin bulling

FarmerJoe123

went out to the shed this morning to see a 13 month old free-martin bulling (we've no intention of even attempting to bull her, far too young and a bit on the small side anyway), but I'm just wondering, does this mean that she's one of the 10% thats ok breeding wise, or do free-martins come bulling anyway and just not keep?

Sorry if I'm posting in the wrong place, still not used to the system here

whelan1

very little success rate here with free martin heifers... i always give them a chance and when scanned if not in calf they go for fattening

Rovi

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Bizzum

FarmerJoe123 wrote: »

went out to the shed this morning to see a 13 month old free-martin bulling (we've no intention of even attempting to bull her, far too young and a bit on the small side anyway), but I'm just wondering, does this mean that she's one of the 10% thats ok breeding wise, or do free-martins come bulling anyway and just not keep?

Sorry if I'm posting in the wrong place, still not used to the system here

I think 10% is optimistic. Something telling me it's more like half that, or 5% that will breed, but what ever the %, I've only had a couple and havent seen one bulling so you could be lucky!
Only one way to find out...............;).

FarmerJoe123

I would never chance one, especially not this one, curiosity got the better of me this morning and decided to ask

greysides

Its all down to how damaged the reproductive tract is. She may have ovaries working but the tubes could be damaged or missing.
One side of the uterus may be missing and this, while not ideal, would still allow for a pregnancy as long as there was a functioning ovary on that side.

Or, she could be normal.