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Beef AI/Bulls MEGATHREAD

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    #3062
    Pidae.m
    Closed Accounts Posts: 851 ✭✭✭Pidae.m


    patsy_mccabe wrote: »
    What you think of Glorieux? I've a purebred cow due to him in 2 weeks. Hoping to add a bit of size and improve docility.

    Sorry patsy, calfs grandsire was xgl. That's his breeding. The fuc ker broke my heart all year. Some giants and some really muscly calves off him. I'd him with heifers too which was brain dead in hindsight.


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    #3063
    patsy_mccabe
    Registered Users Posts: 10,723 ✭✭✭✭patsy_mccabe


    Pidae.m wrote: »
    Sorry patsy, calfs grandsire was xgl. That's his breeding. The fuc ker broke my heart all year. Some giants and some really muscly calves off him. I'd him with heifers too which was brain dead in hindsight.

    Ya, but you'd be always inclined to chance a limousin on heifers. Nice breeding in him, all the same.

    'When I was a boy we were serfs, slave minded. Anyone who came along and lifted us out of that belittling, I looked on them as Gods.' - Dan Breen



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    #3064
    patsy_mccabe
    Registered Users Posts: 10,723 ✭✭✭✭patsy_mccabe


    tismesoitis wrote: »
    Ordered Goldies Jackpot only yesterday for a rew pedigrees. I would have thought at 50 a pop on diy he would be a bit pricey for commercials. On the point what straw price limit would everyone put on for the commercials?? Tend to stick between 5 and 10 euro myself with the odd few 12 euro ones.

    Do you have any calves on the ground by jackpot yet?

    'When I was a boy we were serfs, slave minded. Anyone who came along and lifted us out of that belittling, I looked on them as Gods.' - Dan Breen



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    #3065
    RobinBanks
    Registered Users Posts: 937 ✭✭✭RobinBanks


    A bull I haven't used in years. Rocky. Out of a DEP cow.


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    #3066
    sonnybill
    Registered Users Posts: 959 ✭✭✭sonnybill


    Hard Knocks wrote: »
    Did many here use CH2066 Derryolam Impeccable
    What did you think?

    Liked the look of him but didn’t get a chance to use him.
    See Eurogene have a brother

    I loved impeccable calves , unfortunately lost a heifer from my better maternal cows to him from pneumonia at 3 weeks old


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    #3067
    sonnybill
    Registered Users Posts: 959 ✭✭✭sonnybill


    sonnybill wrote: »
    I loved impeccable calves , unfortunately lost a heifer from my better maternal cows to him from pneumonia at 3 weeks old

    Impeccable bull calf


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    #3068
    Hard Knocks
    Registered Users Posts: 3,968 ✭✭✭Hard Knocks


    sonnybill wrote: »
    Impeccable bull calf

    Lovely calf, we’ll be using his bro so


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    #3069
    Never wrestle with pigs
    Registered Users Posts: 1,447 ✭✭✭Never wrestle with pigs


    Many use lm2014, Ivor, on pedigree heifers? How did they turn out? Good shape bulls and a good cow maker off more muscled heifers?


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    #3070
    dodo mommy
    Registered Users Posts: 338 ✭✭dodo mommy


    Never wrestle with pigs wrote: »
    Many use lm2014, Ivor, on pedigree heifers? How did they turn out? Good shape bulls and a good cow maker off more muscled heifers?

    I used him on about 3 ped cows he looks a good bull, I will know next spring what his calfs are like.


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    #3071
    RobinBanks
    Registered Users Posts: 937 ✭✭✭RobinBanks


    Never wrestle with pigs wrote: »
    Many use lm2014, Ivor, on pedigree heifers? How did they turn out? Good shape bulls and a good cow maker off more muscled heifers?

    Serious bull. Way ahead of eby or zag


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    #3072
    charolais0153
    Registered Users Posts: 6,225 ✭✭✭charolais0153


    RobinBanks wrote: »
    Serious bull. Way ahead of eby or zag

    Have you used him on 2 year old heifers?


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    #3073
    RobinBanks
    Registered Users Posts: 937 ✭✭✭RobinBanks


    charolais0153 wrote: »
    Have you used him on 2 year old heifers?

    Ya. I put up pictures few weeks back


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    #3074
    High bike
    Registered Users Posts: 2,391 ✭✭✭High bike


    RobinBanks wrote: »
    Ya. I put up pictures few weeks back
    calving at 24 mts??


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    #3075
    RobinBanks
    Registered Users Posts: 937 ✭✭✭RobinBanks


    High bike wrote: »
    calving at 24 mts??

    Yes.


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    #3076
    Never wrestle with pigs
    Registered Users Posts: 1,447 ✭✭✭Never wrestle with pigs


    RobinBanks wrote: »
    Yes.

    She pedigree? Many here calving pedigree lims at two years old? Iv no hastle calving the sims pedigree and commercial at two years old and a touch younger but I'm not sure how much the lims will like it? Only getting into a handful of pedigree lims so I'm new to them. Thanks


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    #3077
    Mac Taylor
    Registered Users Posts: 1,747 ✭✭✭Mac Taylor


    Never wrestle with pigs wrote: »
    She pedigree? Many here calving pedigree lims at two years old? Iv no hastle calving the sims pedigree and commercial at two years old and a touch younger but I'm not sure how much the lims will like it? Only getting into a handful of pedigree lims so I'm new to them. Thanks

    Calf them here at 2 yo but not always to a lm, I have two muscly heifers that I ai’ed to a saler this year.

    Prefer to be safe than sorry with some of them, ai”ed one last year to favars.
    The dam was by mpb. No problems at all. Really depends on the animal.


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    #3078
    Seanhorse91
    Registered Users Posts: 182 ✭✭Seanhorse91


    What are the best maternal Belgian blues available at the moment lads and ladies? Looking to use them on LMxFR cows


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    #3079
    GiantPencil
    Registered Users Posts: 330 ✭✭GiantPencil


    Seanhorse91 wrote: »
    What are the best maternal Belgian blues available at the moment lads and ladies? Looking to use them on LMxFR cows
    SFL(DU STORDEUR FLANEUR) from Bova is the best for Replacement based off ICBF, easy calving with milk too but the beef figures aren't the greatest for a BB. I'd imagine if you got a heifer and crossed her to something more terminal then you'd be hitting the sweet spot. Heard SFL offspring were small though so that's worth taking into account too


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    #3080
    patsy_mccabe
    Registered Users Posts: 10,723 ✭✭✭✭patsy_mccabe


    Never wrestle with pigs wrote: »
    She pedigree? Many here calving pedigree lims at two years old? Iv no hastle calving the sims pedigree and commercial at two years old and a touch younger but I'm not sure how much the lims will like it? Only getting into a handful of pedigree lims so I'm new to them. Thanks

    I calf my own at 24 months, but bought in ones tend to be not in-calf and older. No problems here so far. Use a well proven easy calver and you'll be ok.
    I find if the cow or heifer has easy calving in her breeding, that will make the calf even smaller. Some of them here have had little rats, that grew away grand after.

    'When I was a boy we were serfs, slave minded. Anyone who came along and lifted us out of that belittling, I looked on them as Gods.' - Dan Breen



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    #3081
    Simmental.
    Registered Users Posts: 72 ✭✭Simmental.


    Seanhorse91 wrote: »
    What are the best maternal Belgian blues available at the moment lads and ladies? Looking to use them on LMxFR cows

    SFL is good if you can get him. Very easy calved.

    This is a five month calf of his out a SIxFR cow. The cow would not be tall or muscly.


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    #3082
    Seanhorse91
    Registered Users Posts: 182 ✭✭Seanhorse91


    GiantPencil wrote: »
    SFL(DU STORDEUR FLANEUR) from Bova is the best for Replacement based off ICBF, easy calving with milk too but the beef figures aren't the greatest for a BB. I'd imagine if you got a heifer and crossed her to something more terminal then you'd be hitting the sweet spot. Heard SFL offspring were small though so that's worth taking into account too
    Simmental. wrote: »
    SFL is good if you can get him. Very easy calved.

    This is a five month calf of his out a SIxFR cow. The cow would not be tall or muscly.
    Lovely breeding type of a heifer👌 Ya SFL looks the business but as you say straws are hard got.
    Any particular blue bulls in progressive or dovea doing the business? Dovea bull S1607 - SOUCIEUX DE ST FONTAINE is a good bull by all accounts. Not extremely muscled which is what I want.


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    #3083
    charolais0153
    Registered Users Posts: 6,225 ✭✭✭charolais0153


    Seanhorse91 wrote: »
    Lovely breeding type of a heifer👌 Ya SFL looks the business but as you say straws are hard got.
    Any particular blue bulls in progressive or dovea doing the business? Dovea bull S1607 - SOUCIEUX DE ST FONTAINE is a good bull by all accounts. Not extremely muscled which is what I want.
    Have two nice vdv heifers out of lmxfr cow. In all honesty they will never be too muscly out of that type of cow
    Vdv is 7th best bull for daughter calving difficulty in bb breed


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    #3084
    bogman_bass
    Registered Users Posts: 5,057 ✭✭✭bogman_bass


    Seanhorse91 wrote: »
    What are the best maternal Belgian blues available at the moment lads and ladies? Looking to use them on LMxFR cows

    I have some nice heifers by GEU coming through but they haven’t calved yet


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    #3085
    bogman_bass
    Registered Users Posts: 5,057 ✭✭✭bogman_bass


    Seanhorse91 wrote: »
    Lovely breeding type of a heifer👌 Ya SFL looks the business but as you say straws are hard got.
    Any particular blue bulls in progressive or dovea doing the business? Dovea bull S1607 - SOUCIEUX DE ST FONTAINE is a good bull by all accounts. Not extremely muscled which is what I want.

    As a rule of thumb is a bull has an “S” code straws will be expensive and/or hard to get


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    #3086
    Hard Knocks
    Registered Users Posts: 3,968 ✭✭✭Hard Knocks


    bogman_bass wrote: »
    I have some nice heifers by GEU coming through but they haven’t calved yet

    Would BB heifers not be too muscly & have problems at calvings?


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    #3087
    bogman_bass
    Registered Users Posts: 5,057 ✭✭✭bogman_bass


    Hard Knocks wrote: »
    Would BB heifers not be too muscly & have problems at calvings?

    Depends on the cow they’re coming out of. I’m using them on the plainer cows in the herd namely HEx and LMX Cows. By best cows are BBxFR.


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    #3088
    patsy_mccabe
    Registered Users Posts: 10,723 ✭✭✭✭patsy_mccabe


    Anyone know why www.semenstore.ie has so few bulls compared to www.semenstore.co.uk ?

    'When I was a boy we were serfs, slave minded. Anyone who came along and lifted us out of that belittling, I looked on them as Gods.' - Dan Breen



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    #3089
    grassroot1
    Registered Users Posts: 1,524 ✭✭✭grassroot1


    patsy_mccabe wrote: »
    Anyone know why www.semenstore.ie has so few bulls compared to www.semenstore.co.uk ?

    eu ibr rules?


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    #3090
    Hard Knocks
    Registered Users Posts: 3,968 ✭✭✭Hard Knocks


    grassroot1 wrote: »
    eu ibr rules?

    Ferny looks an impressive bull


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    #3091
    patsy_mccabe
    Registered Users Posts: 10,723 ✭✭✭✭patsy_mccabe


    Anyone use the Dovea bull Mullary Intrepid (LM4093)?
    Serious muscle judging by this lad.

    https://www.donedeal.ie/beefcattle-for-sale/purebred-limousin-bull/19655784

    https://webapp.icbf.com/v2/app/bull-search/view/1037870609

    'When I was a boy we were serfs, slave minded. Anyone who came along and lifted us out of that belittling, I looked on them as Gods.' - Dan Breen



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