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<blockquote data-quote="CharcoalWally" data-source="post: 3735198" data-attributes="member: 3171"><p>No easy answers to this point I'm afraid.</p><p></p><p>Bulls need to stay healthy , they need to stay lucky , they need to stay sound , they need to ideally maintain a fairly level plane of fertility , they need to not injure themselves while out at work with the cows , or waste time and energy fighting with other bulls , and they've got to keep their libido up over a protracted length of time - bulls need to satisfy all these requirements to leave a lot of calves over a long working life , and , to be frank , luck plays a major part.</p><p></p><p>This is before we even discuss if the bull has been fed and reared in a way that allows him to be fit for a long worklife , or whether he's been so hard fed to attract customers that his feet and fertility and libido are compromised.</p><p></p><p>My two bulls from the late 90's both left 317 calves each , but their successor was steaming along nicely up to 150 calves , and then his libido just seemed to drop right off.</p><p></p><p>Current homebred sire after two full seasons calving is around 90 calves so far.</p><p></p><p>I remember speaking to a guy a few years back. He'd bought a bull in the Bull Sales that I'd much admired. He told me he persevered with the bull for two years. He'd get turned out with the cows , would go lame , get brought back in rested and patched up again , turned out again , go lame again , and so on. After two years he called it quits and put the bull away. He reckoned the bull left 7 or 8 calves. Doesn't make 108 look so bad , does it?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CharcoalWally, post: 3735198, member: 3171"] No easy answers to this point I'm afraid. Bulls need to stay healthy , they need to stay lucky , they need to stay sound , they need to ideally maintain a fairly level plane of fertility , they need to not injure themselves while out at work with the cows , or waste time and energy fighting with other bulls , and they've got to keep their libido up over a protracted length of time - bulls need to satisfy all these requirements to leave a lot of calves over a long working life , and , to be frank , luck plays a major part. This is before we even discuss if the bull has been fed and reared in a way that allows him to be fit for a long worklife , or whether he's been so hard fed to attract customers that his feet and fertility and libido are compromised. My two bulls from the late 90's both left 317 calves each , but their successor was steaming along nicely up to 150 calves , and then his libido just seemed to drop right off. Current homebred sire after two full seasons calving is around 90 calves so far. I remember speaking to a guy a few years back. He'd bought a bull in the Bull Sales that I'd much admired. He told me he persevered with the bull for two years. He'd get turned out with the cows , would go lame , get brought back in rested and patched up again , turned out again , go lame again , and so on. After two years he called it quits and put the bull away. He reckoned the bull left 7 or 8 calves. Doesn't make 108 look so bad , does it? [/QUOTE]
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