which bull.??

Angus4life

have a black second calver only small 490kg wasnt ment to be in calf. had a smashing calf this year 51kg and calved herself.. which bull do i use now.? any suggestions wud be great

johnpawl

Angus4life wrote: »

have a black second calver only small 490kg wasnt ment to be in calf. had a smashing calf this year 51kg and calved herself.. which bull do i use now.? any suggestions wud be great

sorry to go off topic, but did you ever manage those pics off aa cows for us:D? again, apopogies!!

Angus4life

any idea on how to upload them.. :P havent them taken but should be able to 2mro.

wiggy123

what breeding is the cow/heifer?

Angus4life

3/4 bred angus heifer polled.:)

johnpawl

i think the easiest way is just go to manage attachments, browse and upload. people will have to click on em to see em but I think it's the easiest way. going down the aaxfr route myself, thats why i'm hassling you:)

wiggy123

what was 1st calf by? prob easy calving BB

Bizzum

Angus4life wrote: »

3/4 bred angus heifer polled.:)

Put a relatively easy calving Lim on her.
She will bring a lovely black heifer that could make a great cow.

Angus4life

johnpawl wrote: »

i think the easiest way is just go to manage attachments, browse and upload. people will have to click on em to see em but I think it's the easiest way. going down the aaxfr route myself, thats why i'm hassling you:)

i love the angus but if i was u id go limxfresin producfrom wat i hear and better calfs a man down the road from me has limxfr and doing a great job on his calfs but ill try get them photos up

Angus4life

wiggy123 wrote: »

what was 1st calf by? prob easy calving BB

first calf by my own stock angus bull. if i get this photo crc working ill put her and calf up aswel have some from wen she was in for test

wiggy123

Charolais on her--could lead to a brown calf
BB--a well shaped calf
Blonde--also
Limousin--good calf, nice femal, prob black
Simm--no
Hereford--could be a nice hiefer if so
saler-be ok also
Angus--good calf, easy calving

i'd go BB..

Angus4life

Bizzum wrote: »

Put a relatively easy calving Lim on her.
She will bring a lovely black heifer that could make a great cow.

any bull suggestions a link wud be great

johnpawl

Angus4life wrote: »

i love the angus but if i was u id go limxfresin producfrom wat i hear and better calfs a man down the road from me has limxfr and doing a great job on his calfs but ill try get them photos up

might be a bit late for that:D. whats he putting on the limxfr? easy to source aaxbrfr, i dont go to the mart.

Bizzum

Angus4life wrote: »

any bull suggestions a link wud be great

What AI company do you use?

Angus4life

johnpawl wrote: »

might be a bit late for that:D. whats he putting on the limxfr? easy to source aaxbrfr, i dont go to the mart.

has a piedmontese bull but the calfs can be dodgy on feet.. if i were u an angus for first calf and work ur way on to bb dont rush a bb on them as wen they have 2 or 3 over them they can usually work calven on there own

Angus4life

wiggy123 wrote: »

Charolais on her--could lead to a brown calf
BB--a well shaped calf
Blonde--also
Limousin--good calf, nice femal, prob black
Simm--no
Hereford--could be a nice hiefer if so
saler-be ok also
Angus--good calf, easy calving

i'd go BB..

was thinkin bb or lim myself had the charloais problem last year wit 4 cows all brown calfs

Angus4life

Bizzum wrote: »

What AI company do you use?

dovea or progressive genitics

johnpawl

Angus4life wrote: »

has a piedmontese bull but the calfs can be dodgy on feet.. if i were u an angus for first calf and work ur way on to bb dont rush a bb on them as wen they have 2 or 3 over them they can usually work calven on there own

i used an easy calving part on some of my aa cows this year. some fine calves, no show winners but should make fine weanlings. of course all bulls, wanted heifers to keep.

johnpawl

wiggy123 wrote: »

Charolais on her--could lead to a brown calf
BB--a well shaped calf
Blonde--also
Limousin--good calf, nice femal, prob black
Simm--no
Hereford--could be a nice hiefer if so
saler-be ok also
Angus--good calf, easy calving

i'd go BB..

why no for the simmental

Angus4life

johnpawl wrote: »

i used an easy calving part on some of my aa cows this year. some fine calves, no show winners but should make fine weanlings. of course all bulls, wanted heifers to keep.

i never had any experience with the part bulls wat were they like calven.??

wiggy123

big heads/legs..hard to calf..from what i hear.. me do all angus--purebred herd

Angus4life

wiggy123 wrote: »

big heads/legs..hard to calf..from what i hear.. me do all angus--purebred herd

^^ ur right aswel brother had a lim heifer nearly show quality and gave a sim bull, had a ceza and she ripped it open and died

Angus4life

wat do ye think http://www.dovea.ie/html/limousin.html of last bull castleview casino i like the look of him

johnpawl

Angus4life wrote: »

i never had any experience with the part bulls wat were they like calven.??

I'd no probs, didnt see any of them calf. I didnt restrict feed either, calves small and hardy, only started putting on muscle after 6 wks but bull I used is 3.25% so easy calving. Had a few probs last year with ch calves, all calves were white but my cows are aa off brfr cows. Fine calves though, put ozs and same part on them again for next year. pic of one here -
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056212709&page=132

dodderangler

Try one of these lads
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nmkj5gq1cQU&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Angus4life

johnpawl wrote: »

I'd no probs, didnt see any of them calf. I didnt restrict feed either, calves small and hardy, only started putting on muscle after 6 wks but bull I used is 3.25% so easy calving. Had a few probs last year with ch calves, all calves were white but my cows are aa off brfr cows. Fine calves though, put ozs and same part on them again for next year. pic of one here -
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056212709&page=132

they are lovely calfs like the second one wat bull is it from.?. also they are nice wee slips u have for the bull:)

Angus4life

dodderangler wrote: »

Try one of these lads
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nmkj5gq1cQU&feature=youtube_gdata_player

haha that wud be a side door job anyway :P

Bizzum

Angus4life wrote: »

wat do ye think http://www.dovea.ie/html/limousin.html of last bull castleview casino i like the look of him

I never tried Casino, but why not.
Ozeus OZS is a decent bull from Progressive.

Any decent Lim would be my choice.

johnpawl

Angus4life wrote: »

they are lovely calfs like the second one wat bull is it from.?. also they are nice wee slips u have for the bull:)

same bull except second calf off a piedmontese cow:). more shape but first calf would eat him for length height and power

Bizzum

dodderangler wrote: »

Try one of these lads
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nmkj5gq1cQU&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Angus4life wrote: »

haha that wud be a side door job anyway :P

Run of the mill BB. A lot of the time, on the right cow, they throw a tidy calf. I wouldn't be one bit afraid to use him!

Angus4life

johnpawl wrote: »

same bull except second calf off a piedmontese cow:). more shape but first calf would eat him for length height and power

mite try a few different bulls on a small lot of cows just to see how they vary :P

johnpawl

i hear alot of fellas saying that a bad blue calf is no good to anyone. I thought that a blue on an aa cow would leave a pretty poor blue calf to be honest

Angus4life

johnpawl wrote: »

i hear alot of fellas saying that a bad blue calf is no good to anyone. I thought that a blue on an aa cow would leave a pretty poor blue calf to be honest

they not as good in mart i nice time id have 10 calfs :L but mite pick up again that why i want to experiment around :P

dodderangler

Bizzum wrote: »

dodderangler wrote: »

Try one of these lads
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nmkj5gq1cQU&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Angus4life wrote: »

haha that wud be a side door job anyway :P

Run of the mill BB. A lot of the time, on the right cow, they throw a tidy calf. I wouldn't be one bit afraid to use him!

Yeah but I'd be afraid to go in the pen with him ha

Bizzum

dodderangler wrote: »

Yeah but I'd be afraid to go in the pen with him ha

Jaysus.........And YOU the lad looking for a bit of farm work?

You're not advertising yourself that well. There are cows at home that would make you go weak at the knees so :D:D

leg wax

jesus lads keep away from them blue yokes they wont make you any money stick with the old breeds,they are all born correctly.:D

Angus4life

think i will for this cow anyway.. but u cant beat a good blue

dodderangler

Bizzum wrote: »

dodderangler wrote: »

Yeah but I'd be afraid to go in the pen with him ha

Jaysus.........And YOU the lad looking for a bit of farm work?

You're not advertising yourself that well. There are cows at home that would make you go weak at the knees so :D:D

It was only a joke that's why I said ha at the end