What are some good charlois cross bulls

I would like you guys' opinion on what bull i should breed this cow to. She is a hfr in her picture but will be haveing her second calf this spring. I am thining about going char cross on her but not for sure. What are some good bulls you would breed her to preferably char cross but will listen to anything.

captain morgan...

If she is not clubby bred herself, I love my Alias calves.

she is a simangus out of a bull we bought from Doug Steele (IA)

Alias could work

john91 said:

Alias could work

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is she has some performance to her...

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Alias on a SimAngus cow.

Alias is a good one!

Milkman is one we used this year. We had a super cool Milkman x Meyer steer. He is your average club calf bull, though, dirty, and is more of a terminal bull than a cow producer.

I love Milkman for the smokes. I have a smoke colored Milkman cow that I love. As far as them being terminal, I would say it depends what the cow is. With your cow being a simangus, I think you would be fine if you got a heifer. My Milkman cow came out of my favorite cow that is a Full Throttle cow. She is producing good and is really thick. For being a composite, she milks pretty decent, not the best but far from the worst, I'm sure with MM being half Charolais and her dam being a decent milker helps.

I have used No Apologies on SimAngus cows and on one Ali X Heatwave Th carrier.  All the calves were good and birth weights reasonable.  Used him again this year for fall calves.  Also, used Uno Mas but the calves were huge and very inconsistent.  I plan to try Milkman next time around on some mature cows.

I think it depends on what you want to do with the calf, and what the cow needs.  How did she mature? Is she small, average, large framed? How much depth and rib shape does she have. 
Like many others I really like MilkMan, bred several ChiMaine cows to him this year, and there are some awesome calves on the ground out of him.  For a smaller to average framed cow that really needs some guts I like Captain Morgan, my only thought is in my opinion he needs to be used on a longer spined female.  For our larger framed cows that needed to be moderated and needed some muscle mass and volume we used Smoke and Mirrors this year, but I think Texas Twister would also work very well.
There are several good Char composite bulls out there, it all really depends on what the cow needs help with.  Its hard to say because you dont say how old of a heifer she is in this pic and we dont see a mature pic, but if it were me I would be trying to add some middle to her.

Troubadour would be my choice on her.

simmyman67 said:

Troubadour would be my choice on her.

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Roger that

The picture doesn't do him justice but the calves that are coming out look great and have averaged around 81-85 lbs.

Texas Twister

What is the advantage of using a composite bull in this situation?  You need a proven heifer bull that will give you a decent calf out of your heifer.  Bulls like Baldridge Fasttack, LT Bluegrass  and Oakdale Duke are proven heifer bulls in your situation. They have more than enough calves to show the risk is likely lower using these bulls over a bull of unknown calving ability. These bulls will also give you good maternal and predictable growth.  You will also know the color of the calf before it is born.  Just some things to consider.

She is a heifer in the photo, but having her 2nd calf this spring.

No to Texas Twister hes hasnt any good ones that Ive seen......probably Troubadour or Yellow Jacket, Captain Morgan, Grey Goose is also a possibility.....

She isn't  soggy enough to work on Yellow Jacket , pushing a bull we raised but the Muddy Water bull is moderat, ease of calving for second calf and will make calf hairy ,heavier bone and more middle ...I have used Troubador and like him but this don't look like the type of cow he will work on,he will not add that much capacity and bone ....

thanks for all the comments guys. We usually go black but i was just wondering what everybody else would breed her to. I wanted to breed her to a smoke to add a little variety. She was a good grower. Moderate framed and a good milker. She had a set of twins un assisted out in the mud and slop like all of the other cows. I am definitley looking for somthing to give her more depth in her side and power her up. Probably looking for more of a terminal sire. i just haven't dealt with these types of bulls (or club calf bulls for that matter) before and wanted some input from people that had experience with them. I am still showing and trying to raise some good ones for myself and to try and sell once i am done.