Breeding question

[Farmer Kitty]

DH is considering keeping Mary's calf to raise as a bull. The question involves his great grandsire. He is a bull we had with the heifers and he threw a lot of heifer calves.

Do you think he is far enough back to be okay? Or should we sell the calf?

Saw X Buddy=
Angel x 97H1600 Pericule-Red=
Mary x 1H8490 Amazing-Red=
Bull calf in question.

I know it would be inline breeding, which can be done if you know what your doing. So what do you guys think?

 

[wynedot55]

kitty you asked a great question.an i understand why your wanting an answer to it.your DH has a good idea to keep an raise him as a heifer bull.i would do it in a heartbeat.an heres why.you just breed say 10 or 15 heifers a year to him.so that would result in say 8 heifers at the most.an you AI your cows.wich means you have 17 heifers a yr more or less.

 

[Farmer Kitty]

You lost me in your explaination.

The number he breeds will depend on how far behind we are in getting the heifers bred and if there are any cows to clean up. We would keep him until he is roughly 2 and then sell him. The neighbor would probably want him and when we were done with Buddy that is where he was sold to. He wanted the last bull we had too but, that bull bred one to many cows and had a heart attack.

 

[wynedot55]

i said yes id raise an use him in a heartbeat.

 

[English]

I'm not a cattle breeder but I do breed dogs and I think you will be fine with him as a bull. Again I'm not sure if cows and dogs equate when it comes to line breeing or not.

Mike

 

[Farmer Kitty]

i said yes id raise an use him in a heartbeat.

That part I got. It was why that lost me but, that's okay. It might even make sense in the morning after some sleep.

 

[Imissmygirls]

Kitty, look at the registered pedigrees and see how close some of the breeding is! You can almost go back to a handful of bulls! I think you are just fine with it.

 

[Farmer Kitty]

Kitty, look at the registered pedigrees and see how close some of the breeding is! You can almost go back to a handful of bulls!

How true.

 

[Imissmygirls]

More important question: How's Mary look , does she milk, and do you want a batch of her offspring ( or close to it)?

 

[Farmer Kitty]

More important question: How's Mary look , does she milk, and do you want a batch of her offspring ( or close to it)?

Already been considered and if the answers weren't postitive the pedigree wouldn't matter.