Limousin or simmental

dasheriff

Lads my charlaois bull is after breaking down and im badly stuck iv the choice of a limousin off rocky kind of medium calving but great shape or a nice easy calving simmental to put with them tomorrow..Am i better off getting the limmo for the cows and AI'ing the heifers or gettin the simmental for all of them im not sure they are the best of 7 iv looked at..

blue5000

I'd go for the limo, Simmentals are great to eat and eat, if you are finishing cattle you should have 1 simmental in every pen, they'll clean out the troughs of any scraps that other cattle leave behind!:pac:

reilig

You should choose based on your finished product. Do you sell your weinlings and if so are they being bought for export? If so, then the exporters will favour limousin calves. Also, what type of cows have you got? If you run a lot of black cows that aren't limousin breeding then a limousin bull will bring mousy coloured calves off them which will be less in demand at selling time. But if you have limousin, Chaorlais, simmental, Belgian blue or any other bright coloured cows, then a limousin bull will bring bright coloured calves and these will be in better demand if you are selling them as weinlings.

Rocky is a good bull. Easy enough calving and good muscle on calves. However, in my experience, heifers bred off Rocky are usually lacking in milk. So if you are hoping to keep heifers off him for breeding in the future, he might not be the best option.

I put limousin on most of my heifers so there is no reason why you will have to ai your heifers if you buy a limousin bull.

dasheriff

Thanks lads i sell as weanlings alrit, export if possible but generally just for the best price i can get off anyone i think ill go with the limmo so he is my favourite bull that i saw..

essgee268

the major prpplem i have with Rocky himself was the long gestation i had examples of upto 35 days on Simmental Cows