dovea bb bulls

charolais0153

I have 3 nice limo cows that im going to chance a blue on,what are the best bb bulls that arent too had on calving.s1241 ,s655 and tfh dont seem too bad but id like a second opinion.dovea is the only ai station i can use atm

RobinBanks

charolais0153 wrote: »

I have 3 nice limo cows that im going to chance a blue on,what are the best bb bulls that arent too had on calving.s1241 ,s655 and tfh dont seem too bad but id like a second opinion.dovea is the only ai station i can use atm

Germinal not longer available I'm afraid unless you know someone who has straws. Pity because I have 3 great calves from him this year. Argon is a nice bull. Great breeding in him. Davidson one side lasso the other. If those are the bulls you like you might look at WBH. Other than that HDX is a very good bull. Big for a blue bull and Maserati is a good bull. Depends on the cow allot of the time though. That's what I found when using blue bulls. What works for one lim won't work for another.

Kovu

VMP produces some very nice animals, seems to bring good bone too, also easily enough calved. Heard some very good things about Maserati too. Must be an older book you're looking at, the more recent one online hasn't got S655 or s1241 -http://www.dovea-genetics.ie/skin/frontend/default/dovea/images/beef-2015.pdf

Will you be around when they're calving? Just be wary of going on looks alone and then realising you're in deep shít come calving time.I'd be looking at the cows before deciding, are they well framed and squarish or muscley sorts?

I'd echo RB above too, some lims fire well with certain blues and throw scrap to others. If they're all the same sort of breeding, I'd use three different bulls for the craic

charolais0153

Kovu wrote: »

VMP produces some very nice animals, seems to bring good bone too, also easily enough calved. Heard some very good things about Maserati too.

Will you be around when they're calving? Just be wary of going on looks alone and then realising you're in deep shít come calving time.I'd be looking at the cows before deciding, are they well framed and squarish or muscley sorts?

I'd echo RB above too, some lims fire well with certain blues and throw scrap to others. If they're all the same sort of breeding, I'd use three different bulls for the craic

I think i might try wbh or vmp i hope i wont be cutting out these calfs in 9 months time

Kovu

charolais0153 wrote: »

I think i might try wbh or vmp i hope i wont be cutting out these calfs in 9 months time

We used VMP on two pb lms, one a fifth calver, one a second calver that was a bit tight at her first calving. Both came grand, average sized but the cows weren't over fat at calving. That's the only bit of first hand advice I can give you on him! Here's a photo of the heifer anyway.

If you do a search for VMP in the forum you'll see a few more posts about hm.

Bodacious

I only used one BB straw last year and I ordered it especially from Dovea .. Ballyfin Borat BBQ and very happy with this heifer from him calved unassisted

That's her the day she calved

Donnelly24

BBQ is a brilliant bull used him on a Angus heifer last year got 1000 euro for a 8 month old heifer off the grass. Would defo recommend him.

RobinBanks

Bodacious wrote: »

I only used one BB straw last year and I ordered it especially from Dovea .. Ballyfin Borat BBQ and very happy with this heifer from him calved unassisted

That's her the day she calved

How did this heifer turn out Bod

Bodacious

RobinBanks wrote: »

How did this heifer turn out Bod

Outwintered her with 3 others .. She was my last calf so 10months now and she is nice square and leggy for a BB. She may go though as she won't give yellows/whites to suit my market

High bike

Anyone any experience of Stq calves?

Limestone Cowboy

High bike wrote: »

Anyone any experience of Stq calves?

Legwax would be your man, think he used him a lot.

High bike

Limestone Cowboy wrote: »

Legwax would be your man, think he used him a lot.

Thanks for that

Donnelly24

RobinBanks wrote: »

How did this heifer turn out Bod

bod did you sell your blue heifer calf ???

IH784man

Donnelly24 wrote: »

bod did you sell your blue heifer calf ???

He closed his account