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Best choice of easy calving

  • 09-02-2018 09:56AM
    #1
    Fred1239
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2 ✭


    What is the best choice breed of easy calving. I calve roughly 20 calves a year and I work away from the farm. At the moment I have some freedom in work where I can leave if the moocall goes off but I'll be changing jobs soon and won't have such freedom so what breed would be best suited for easy calving with CH cows as I'll be away for up to 9 hours in the day. The stabilizer bulls look interesting or is it Angus or shorthorn I should look at


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  • #2
    Never wrestle with pigs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,451 ✭✭✭Never wrestle with pigs


    Do you sell off the cows? If you have nice ch cows I'd look for a nice lim bull. Lad near me has ch cows crossed with lim and he has cracking calves. Look for a nice easy calving lim. TBH a sh bull or as or st your going to be hammered selling them.


  • #3
    Rushy Fields
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 224 ✭✭Rushy Fields


    Fred1239 wrote: »
    What is the best choice breed of easy calving. I calve roughly 20 calves a year and I work away from the farm. At the moment I have some freedom in work where I can leave if the moocall goes off but I'll be changing jobs soon and won't have such freedom so what breed would be best suited for easy calving with CH cows as I'll be away for up to 9 hours in the day. The stabilizer bulls look interesting or is it Angus or shorthorn I should look at
    Never wrestle with pigs wrote: »
    Do you sell off the cows? If you have nice ch cows I'd look for a nice lim bull. Lad near me has ch cows crossed with lim and he has cracking calves. Look for a nice easy calving lim. TBH a sh bull or as or st your going to be hammered selling them.

    Second that NWWP. Go for LIM if you are looking for easy calving on Ch Cows and selling off cows as weanlings. There are some easy calving Ch also but you need to know your cow and her ability, history etc....
    I am working away from home until 8pm in the eve before i see them. Have changed to lim over the last few years. and have had no issue bar one last year where a Chx Cow threw out twin lim calf's both dead.... Vet said "nothing you could have done as they were dead two days"..... not sure if i believed him tho!!


  • #4
    Cattlepen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 789 ✭✭✭Cattlepen


    Angus or Hereford. No bonus for stabiliser


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