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Simmental X

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  • 26-10-2012 10:25pm
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    New farmer
    Registered Users Posts: 3 ✭


    Well lads, I have six Simmental x heifers and I was wondering what the best bull to put on them to get good wealings from them? They will be calving down at 28 months

    Thanks for any info


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    simx
    Registered Users Posts: 2,556 ✭✭✭simx


    New farmer wrote: »
    Well lads, I have six Simmental x heifers and I was wondering what the best bull to put on them to get good wealings from them? They will be calving down at 28 months

    Thanks for any info

    easy calving lim would be good,ive had good calves after PAM out of sim heifers but cant get them anymore,RHF is easy calving but wont knkow about calves for a while


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    1chippy
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    I have to agree on the limo. you get top class breeders if you get heifers and the limo helps throw a bit more style in the mix.


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    New farmer
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    Ye thanks lads was looking at d limo ahz or hca does anyone got calves out of d sim bull apz would like to put him on one


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    furandfeather
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    New farmer wrote: »
    Ye thanks lads was looking at d limo ahz or hca does anyone got calves out of d sim bull apz would like to put him on one

    Ya I was going to suggest APZ , I've seen a few nice calves of him lately. Very easily calved and shaped up nicely after a couple of weeks


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    Bizzum
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    New farmer wrote: »
    Well lads, I have six Simmental x heifers and I was wondering what the best bull to put on them to get good wealings from them? They will be calving down at 28 months

    Thanks for any info

    Are they 1/2 or 3/4 bred Simx?
    I'd be inclined to go with a proven easy calving Lim, the progeny whether bulls or heifers will be very saleable from a good lim.
    I wouldn't mind trying a Blonde on them either.


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    essgee268
    Registered Users Posts: 179 ✭✭essgee268


    Used Dovea Saler BHF on a light coluored 3/4 Simmental Heifer that i thought was a bit stumpy to use a LM the result was a smashing dark red Bull calf with a white star the size of my Palm, He turned out a great Calf was scored by ICBF with great results. done over 1.4kgs a day on cow


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    Markcheese
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    Are they all chilled out animals... Guy I know used to buy in some sim weanlings and god they were relaxed ,you'd walk up to them and have to nudge them a few tines to shift them total contrast to the phsyco bronco lims same guy bought ..

    Slava ukraini 🇺🇦



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    Glocca
    Registered Users Posts: 1 ✭Glocca


    how do , what would be a fair price to pay for a month old Simmental heifer calf


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