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Gene ireland beef bulls

  • 18-07-2011 8:03pm
    #1
    overdebar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8 ✭


    Have any of you lads any experience with the Gene Ireland Beef Programme. I was thinking of getting some straws from them this year. The two bulls that I was especially interested in are KCE (Dovea Blonde) and CBQ (Progessive Parthenaise). I have some ordinary AAx & Whiteherd cows with loads of milk and I was going to use them on them to see could I get some heifers to up-grade the herd. They both should have calves on the ground, have any of ye seen any.


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  • #2
    tismesoitis
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 858 ✭✭✭tismesoitis


    ye we used stq and kyr belgian blues and on the next batch of bulls we used ere and the other lim bull Dauphin can't remember his code. like the look of that blonde bull alright his figures are decent too.At €5 you can't go wrong me thinks. They will have a new batch of bulls on test out for sept -oct i think?


  • #3
    overdebar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8 ✭overdebar


    For a €5 was thinking the same myself. ERE looks like a super bull.
    Do ICBF come out to weigh the calves at some stage and do you have to keep any extra records on the calves for them


  • #4
    tismesoitis
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 858 ✭✭✭tismesoitis


    not sure only due our first calves from gene lreland bulls in sept.


  • #5
    bogman_bass
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,083 ✭✭✭bogman_bass


    saw some pedigree calves from CBQ that looked great


  • #6
    Bizzum
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,034 ✭✭✭Bizzum


    overdebar wrote: »
    Have any of you lads any experience with the Gene Ireland Beef Programme. I was thinking of getting some straws from them this year. The two bulls that I was especially interested in are KCE (Dovea Blonde) and CBQ (Progessive Parthenaise). I have some ordinary AAx & Whiteherd cows with loads of milk and I was going to use them on them to see could I get some heifers to up-grade the herd. They both should have calves on the ground, have any of ye seen any.

    Were it me, I'd buy a bunch of straws off a proven, 90%+ reliability bull of high maternal genetic merit.

    The above named bulls, MIGHT be great, but reliability is low as yet.

    I'd go with whats proven!

    Just copped your user name, so on this one I wouldn't tip it overdabar, I'd stick it in the back of the net!


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  • #7
    blue5000
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,754 Mod ✭✭✭✭blue5000


    Hi overdbar, welcome to boards, I haven't used either of the bulls, but I think some blondes may not have a lot of milk in them. You'd need to ask some of the pedigree breeders for more details. That kce bull is -92 for milk, so you'd want to have a lot of milk on the dam side, I reckon he would probably be better as a terminal sire as his carcase figures are good.

    If the seat's wet, sit on yer hat, a cool head is better than a wet ar5e.



  • #8
    overdebar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8 ✭overdebar


    Thanks for the info lads
    Think I will chance them, I have a few Blonde X cows already and I have got on well with them. I think they put great length in to a weanling especially when you use a B Blue on them. I am only going to use them on a few plain AA and whitehead cows that have loads of milk so they should be grand. I saw a few Parthenaise cattle a few weeks ago and I thought they were smashers. They were very quite animals as well
    Bizzum hope the Limerick lads are able to put them overdebar and into the back of net the weekend that will keep me buzzing for the next few weeks!!!


  • #9
    Bizzum
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,034 ✭✭✭Bizzum


    overdebar wrote: »
    Bizzum hope the Limerick lads are able to put them overdebar and into the back of net the weekend that will keep me buzzing for the next few weeks!!!

    Two bites at the cherry, Sat and Sun. Ya never know.


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