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<blockquote data-quote="Anymulewilldo" data-source="post: 7253623" data-attributes="member: 144597"><p>Get the wrong type of bull calves, it doesn’t work</p><p>Bull calves too dear, it doesn’t work</p><p>Get bad pneumonia in the young calves, end up with a batch of bad doers, it doesn’t work</p><p>Corn price goes through the roof, it doesn’t work</p><p>Try and skimp on feed quality at ANY point of the process, it doesn’t work.</p><p>Can’t mix pens after 6 months (learnt that the hard way)</p><p></p><p>A lot of people don’t like b&w bulls because too put it plainly they are tw!ts. They smash everything that isn’t welded solid or concrete. Every now and then they pick one out and bull him too death if you don’t notice and pull him out quick. They can go nasty at 10 months and I have too keep them too 12 too go too my deadweight Man.</p><p></p><p>I get hardly any problems at all with the odd batch of lims or blues that I buy. And the suckler bulls are a doddle once they are in and on the right diet.</p><p></p><p>I know quite a few folks feeding b&w bulls for ABP or Buitelaar. If you’ve not got lots of grazing ground or like me I want all my grazing to hold breeding units then it works for me.</p><p></p><p>You have too know when too stop as well. Once they get over 14.5 months get them down the road. They are eating more than they are making by that point. </p><p></p><p>At the moment they stand me at £750 as they leave. Last bunch averaged £932. So a nice little packet too be made per bull after other costs. Calf prices this summer and an incling that corn and straw would be dear has caused me too shut the bulls right back over winter. They are very very subject to input prices. I’ll wait and fill up again when I can see light at the end of the tunnel. The suckler cattle will keep everything ticking over until then</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anymulewilldo, post: 7253623, member: 144597"] Get the wrong type of bull calves, it doesn’t work Bull calves too dear, it doesn’t work Get bad pneumonia in the young calves, end up with a batch of bad doers, it doesn’t work Corn price goes through the roof, it doesn’t work Try and skimp on feed quality at ANY point of the process, it doesn’t work. Can’t mix pens after 6 months (learnt that the hard way) A lot of people don’t like b&w bulls because too put it plainly they are tw!ts. They smash everything that isn’t welded solid or concrete. Every now and then they pick one out and bull him too death if you don’t notice and pull him out quick. They can go nasty at 10 months and I have too keep them too 12 too go too my deadweight Man. I get hardly any problems at all with the odd batch of lims or blues that I buy. And the suckler bulls are a doddle once they are in and on the right diet. I know quite a few folks feeding b&w bulls for ABP or Buitelaar. If you’ve not got lots of grazing ground or like me I want all my grazing to hold breeding units then it works for me. You have too know when too stop as well. Once they get over 14.5 months get them down the road. They are eating more than they are making by that point. At the moment they stand me at £750 as they leave. Last bunch averaged £932. So a nice little packet too be made per bull after other costs. Calf prices this summer and an incling that corn and straw would be dear has caused me too shut the bulls right back over winter. They are very very subject to input prices. I’ll wait and fill up again when I can see light at the end of the tunnel. The suckler cattle will keep everything ticking over until then [/QUOTE]
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