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charolais bull

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  • 17-03-2014 5:47pm
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    blonde10
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    I need a charolais bull that will put muscle into my blonde cross cows,must be a stock bull.what are your thoughts on the breeding of the bull?


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    GrandSoftDay
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    blonde10 wrote: »
    I need a charolais bull that will put muscle into my blonde cross cows,must be a stock bull.what are your thoughts on the breeding of the bull?

    Some of the best calves I seen last year were by lsp but not sure what he is like for calving. Plenty more out there but he is one that stands out to me. Lgl supposed to be very good for muscle too and I think domino was good too back in the day and there is still a good bit of his breeding about. Saying all that there are people a lot more knowledgeable than me on the subject on here.


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    cattlelegend
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    blonde10 wrote: »
    I need a charolais bull that will put muscle into my blonde cross cows,must be a stock bull.what are your thoughts on the breeding of the bull?

    Chose a bull with domino or CF52

    Bulls breeding well at the minute are Cloverfield Excellent, Crossmolina Euro, Enfield Plexus all doing a mighty job commercially


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    Genghis Cant
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    I think CH x Ba is a great cross. Our older bull off Newlook, was a big long bull and he left super calves of the Bax cows. He wasn't easy calved though. The next bull was a smaller, shorter, but thicher bull by Alcazar. He is leaving lovely calves, easy calved, very wide and shapey.
    I'd tend to go for smaller thicker type bull, with a bit of calving ease for Ba cows.
    Ultimately it comes down to what type of cattle you are hoping to breed. Pity I don't have one for sale! :)


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    blonde10
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    Ya I'm lookin for a bull to put a bit of shape and not too tall,as the calves I have now from our stock bull are a bit on the tall side


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    blonde10
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    Ya I'm lookin for a bull to put a bit of shape and not too tall,as the calves I have now from our stock bull are a bit on the tall side


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    Genghis Cant
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    blonde10 wrote: »
    Ya I'm lookin for a bull to put a bit of shape and not too tall,as the calves I have now from our stock bull are a bit on the tall side

    What's the stockbull?


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    blonde10
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    Genghis Cant wrote: »
    What's the stockbull?

    Bull were running now is a blonde aswell when there good there very good but the average one is hard enough to get over the line money wise,heifers are good,great length and just enough muscle,but I've see a few Ai blonde bulls used on charolais heifers and the seem to be a great cross,


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    blonde10
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    Genghis Cant wrote: »
    What's the stockbull?

    Bull were running now is a blonde aswell when there good there very good but the average one is hard enough to get over the line money wise,heifers are good,great length and just enough muscle,but I've see a few Ai blonde bulls used on charolais heifers and the seem to be a great cross,


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    blonde10
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    Genghis Cant wrote: »
    What's the stockbull?

    Bull were running now is a blonde aswell when there good there very good but the average one is hard enough to get over the line money wise,heifers are good,great length and just enough muscle,but I've see a few Ai blonde bulls used on charolais heifers and the seem to be a great cross,


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    blonde10
    Registered Users Posts: 148 ✭✭blonde10


    Genghis Cant wrote: »
    What's the stockbull?

    Bull were running now is a blonde aswell when there good there very good but the average one is hard enough to get over the line money wise,heifers are good,great length and just enough muscle,but I've see a few Ai blonde bulls used on charolais heifers and the seem to be a great cross,


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    blonde10
    Registered Users Posts: 148 ✭✭blonde10


    Genghis Cant wrote: »
    What's the stockbull?

    Bull were running now is a blonde aswell when there good there very good but the average one is hard enough to get over the line money wise,heifers are good,great length and just enough muscle,but I've see a few Ai blonde bulls used on charolais heifers and the seem to be a great cross,


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    grassroot1
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    Is he infertile they keep repeating:D sorry couldn't resist


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    Genghis Cant
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    grassroot1 wrote: »
    Is he infertile they keep repeating:D sorry couldn't resist

    I thought it was an echo! :-)


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    TITANIUM.
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    blonde10 wrote: »
    I need a charolais bull that will put muscle into my blonde cross cows,must be a stock bull.what are your thoughts on the breeding of the bull?

    LGL is the top terminal sire in the country.
    And there's plenty of bulls off him fOr sale. So they should be reasonable enough.


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