Culard charolais..

kealar

Seen a great lump of a bull for sale he off the culard line,looks to be double muscle just wondering has anyone on here used culard before,and if so what are the progene like,am i just asking for trouble are they hard to calf...cheers

bob charles

culards to buy are great animals IMO.

Pat the lad

kealar wrote: »

Seen a great lump of a bull for sale he off the culard line,looks to be double muscle just wondering has anyone on here used culard before,and if so what are the progene like,am i just asking for trouble are they hard to calf...cheers

haven't used them to be honest . I supose there ch answer to bb???
seen some bull weanlings if them are there might animals alright. heifers can't be use for breeding though. can't calve naturaly at all due to very small pelvis

Bizzum

kealar wrote: »

Seen a great lump of a bull for sale he off the culard line,looks to be double muscle just wondering has anyone on here used culard before,and if so what are the progene like,am i just asking for trouble are they hard to calf...cheers

I've used Rossli (RLI) and found him to be easy calved. Produced smashing cattle, not extra big but heavy set well shaped, and good kill out.
They're not all hard calvers,but some are, so I suppose if you're buying a bull it would be prudent to know the bloodlines.

flatout11

i have used a few over the years lanzac, livrarot,- even have a couple of cows of them (that pelvis is the same as any other muscley ch cow!!!) calves were good some culards were hard enough calved again no different than any other muscled ch bull, fertility is slightly lower in them i think but that is true of all double muscled animals, once he is functionally correct i wouldnt worry about it!!

cowman

I dont think they are intentionally the charolais answer to bb as the Charolais societies around Europe wont recodnise it as a breed within Charolais...great cattle though! Lanzac calves are of the best crosses I have ever seen!

flatout11

cowman wrote: »

I dont think they are intentionally the charolais answer to bb as the Charolais societies around Europe wont recodnise it as a breed within Charolais...great cattle though! Lanzac calves are of the best crosses I have ever seen!

the irony is a lot of ped charos in recent years are breeding bulls more like culards !!!

redzerologhlen

Friend of mine used tonga on ten charolais cows last year. All of them calved themselves no prob, We had bigger calves out of our limo bull. The calves are not the most growthy but they are shapey.

Grecco

Are the Culard charolais legit? I dont know much about them only a neighbor bought one a while back. He was raving on about this fabulous cow but when I saw her she just looked like a charolais X out of an angus cow and she was nothing special either.
So whats the big deal about them???

flatout11

Grecco wrote: »

Are the Culard charolais legit? I dont know much about them only a neighbor bought one a while back. He was raving on about this fabulous cow but when I saw her she just looked like a charolais X out of an angus cow and she was nothing special either.
So whats the big deal about them???

not quite sure what your neighbour bought....
but culards are simply double muscled charos (not the extremes of BBs) that come with the pros and cons of the trait
they are legit and are purebreds not accepted in
the herdbook though

BelgianBlue13

Have a second calver with extreme muscle in calf to Lanzac!

flatout11

BelgianBlue13 wrote: »

Have a second calver with extreme muscle in calf to Lanzac!

what kind of cow?

Bodacious

BelgianBlue13 wrote: »

Have a second calver with extreme muscle in calf to Lanzac!

One to watch at calving BB13 and have a good vet on Speed dial

BelgianBlue13

flatout11 wrote: »

what kind of cow?

A charolais

BelgianBlue13

Bodacious wrote: »

One to watch at calving BB13 and have a good vet on Speed dial

I was told he was average calving!

Bizzum

BelgianBlue13 wrote: »

I was told he was average calving!

16.57% Calving difficulty, with 98% reliability or ranking in the top 1% .

IF you believe the figures!

No point worrying too much about it now. Keep an eye on her. Some cows can calve anything!
When is due?

Arrow in the Knee

So how did the Culard sired calves and cows fair out?