Blue x Lim Bulls

[welshy]

Just wondering what people thought of them, what sort of calves they have. got some blue x lim heifers to bull in the spring and was thinking of trying 1.

 

[gone up the hill]

@Henarar

 

[pine_guy]

Have one running with some heifers just now. Unfortunately for the first time. So can't help you for 9/10 month

 

[Henarar]

@Henarar

I have never had anything to do with them, interesting though

 

[Poorbuthappy]

@Hilly

 

[tr250]

We had one was very fertile very easy calving quiet and he looked the business. But he never put a stamp on the calves and they were generaly allsorts very un uniform so we killed him. I would go for a limmy bull

 

[Downtrodden Dad]

I have 5 and a limmy have had them for years they are like any breed you get good and bad. Just because its a limmy or a blue or anything else, a bad bull is a bad bull. Would agree some can throw mixed colours and shapes but any can do that.

 

[liammogs]

Father tried some years ago, he says best to stick to one or the other, problems he found was you get the gestation of a lim and the muscle of a blue which relates to a bad calving, but i supose it depends on what way the bull might throw, on lim x bb heifers id be more inclined to a pure lim, maybe a bb as second/3rd calvers

 

[Henarar]

Father tried some years ago, he says best to stick to one or the other, problems he found was you get the gestation of a lim and the muscle of a blue which relates to a bad calving, but i supose it depends on what way the bull might throw, on lim x bb heifers id be more inclined to a pure lim, maybe a bb as second/3rd calvers

yep

 

[GTB]

X-bred bulls can throw some extremely good calves but also some that are very average and variable. Best to stick to a purebred bull IMHO. Maybe a lim or a maternal breed on heifers and a BRB on the cows? .