Jenny
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We are hoping to raise a breeding bull that will be competitve in Denver next Jan. or at least look good!
The bulls we saw there this year (Limousin) were weighing 1400 lbs. at 11 monthes of age, had huge scrotal circumferences for that age ((upper 30's, even 40) and had wonderful long hair.
How do you get the bulls to be that big at that young age? Do we need to shut the calf as soon as he can eat creep and feed the dickens out him while letting him stay on the cow or can we wait until weaning time to shut him and feed him heavily? Also, how much "fudging" of the birthdates are there at large national shows like this?
Thanks for whatever help you can give me!
The bulls we saw there this year (Limousin) were weighing 1400 lbs. at 11 monthes of age, had huge scrotal circumferences for that age ((upper 30's, even 40) and had wonderful long hair.
How do you get the bulls to be that big at that young age? Do we need to shut the calf as soon as he can eat creep and feed the dickens out him while letting him stay on the cow or can we wait until weaning time to shut him and feed him heavily? Also, how much "fudging" of the birthdates are there at large national shows like this?
Thanks for whatever help you can give me!