opinions on easy calving bulls

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bs372280

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I was wanting people's opinions on calving ease angus bulls to put on clubby heifers, I don't care about making them cows or show cattle.  All I want is a light weight average calf or jersey looking thing I don't care as long as its alive and the cow is ok. I have used dateline and traveler t510 in the past, but still had a few hard pulls out of each one.  Anyone have ideas on one
 

knabe

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Occ nightwatch

Had two bull calves from two high percentage whiskey son Maine heifers two weeks early both under 65.
 

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There is angus bulls that you won't have trouble with or aleast on angus or Charolais ,on the clubbys might have to help but nothing serious ....Off hand Final answer or one of the sons and also Mytty in Focus or son's ....T510  REALLY SURPRISES ME ,Dateline was good bull and calved easy but I never used on heifers because at that time his semen was fairly high ...
 

Barry Farms

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I would say Mytty In Focus, Final Answer, or Right Answer. The vet me and my dad go to told us that he calved a 100 head of heifers for a man, he said that by the time the due date came around all but 2 were done which they calved the next day.
 

angusfarming

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SAV Cinch, had a beautiful heifer calf weighed 65lbs. Genex is promoting him as the basically the new Bismark. Straight from the Catalog "Cinch is a low BW and high CED son of Iron Mountain that is expected to follow in Bismarck's footsteps as a go-to calving ease sire." Would recommended him to anyone purebred angus guys or the clubby side for low bw calves.
 

lightnin4

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I've had 4 Connealy Confidence calves born this Spring.  One was 50 lbs (out of a Kesslers Frontman heifer), 2 were 60 lbs (out of Saugahatchee and Iron Mountain heifers), and the biggest was 72 lbs (Net Worth heifer).  They're born little but get up quick and are very vigorous.
 

CAB

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If you were pulling too many using Angus bulls, for heaven's sake leave Grizzly out of the picture for use on heifers. There have been too many wrecks using Grizzly on heifers.
 

Kbarwranches

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Lowline bulls offer you around a 50 lb birthweight everytime, no guess work to be done. Calves are vigorous and do to the slightly smaller calf size, your heifers won't get as drug down and will cycle back sooner. Yet still having a black calf that's marketable.
 

sizzler14

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Its been about 8 years since I bred to an angus bull for my heifers and at that time i used T510 and Northern Improvement. This year we kept a Ali x Angus heifer. We havent got her in to push her yet, but next weekend we are getting her in and pushing her until the End of June. She weighs about 750 now and we are breeding her the middle of june when she should be about 1000 pounds plus she will gain continuing into the fall. Anyhow, The other day me and my dad said we were going to try and find some t510 and breed her to but i had forgot about another bull I always wanted to use. Has anyone had any experience with Juneau on heifers?
 

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What ever happend with Copyright, did anyone use him, did his calves come small?
 

rackranch

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Myself, and a friend tried him, but couldn't get the cows to settle with him.  This was different years and we live in different parts of the state.

vc said:
What ever happend with Copyright, did anyone use him, did his calves come small?
 

bryan6807

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Have yet to see a calf over 80lbs out of T510. Copyright calves I have seen personally were under 80lbs. I have used Juneau and would not recommend him for use on heifers. Our calves were out of angus cows and all weighed between 85-90lbs. Had a Northern Improvement 2 years ago that took 6 guys to pull. calf weighed almost 130lbs. We have seen good, small calves out of Connealy Thunder as well. A lot depends on the cow as well.
 

Mark H

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For calving ease for Black Angus VDAR Really Windy or RAB Mr FutureDirection are good picks.
 

Till-Hill

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Right Answer, come easy, grow fast and look good doing it. Ours was 68 out of shorthorn heifer. Never seen a calf up and going so fast. Buddy mine used 50 units last year on Limi, Limflex, SimAngus heifers. Every heifer not related to him with get Right Answer now on his farm.
 
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