Bulls

[Muttley]

I have been a Angus breeder for a number of years. I have had my share of over 100 lbs calves born but not to many.
One thing I repeately here back is that the Angus breed leaves big calves. One very important factor that needs to be looked at is the dam and her crossbreeding, and winter feeding.
I have a 6 year old bull that I still use on heifers, we have never had large calves or difficult births from him(that is why he is still here, not BSE).
The bull got into the neighbors pasture in 2003. This past spring he had big calves and even a c-section from this same bull. When you go to his farm the cows are of all sorts of breeds and colors, the farthest they walk is a few feet from hay to water. The cows and especially his heifers are what I call stinking fat.
Therefore I deduct his problem was not just the bull(but when he talks it's of course that damn black bull that caused him problems)

[countryguy]

Hey,there ARE some good bulls out there!Now who has the cheapest ones??LOL

Thanks to all those that replied with other bull ideas but for now I have to go with an Angus,or possibly another Galloway bull,not to say that I won't experiment with other breeds as a terminal sire in the future.

Right now I am still in the building stages with my herd(Galloway X Angus).The heifers I have been keeping are getting to be pretty strong Galloway so I was thinking of using the Angus bull on them to knock some of the hair off the steer calves to make them a little more saleable in this part of the world.Either that or get another Galloway and not worry about the steers right now and just keep getting the female numbers up.

If anyone wants to contact me you can do so at countryguy_11@hotmail.com

Randy,are you selling that bull you had in Regina last year?That's one sweet looking bull.

[countryguy]

Sorry countryguy not quite yet. I want one more crack at the Calgary Stampede supreme champion round before I let him go.

I do have 5 brothers from the same sire in our sale next spring however. One or two of these are right on his a$$.

Good Luck
Randy