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What age should you start putting your bulls with your heifers?
When the heifers are at least 14 months old, you can put yearling bulls (15-20 heifers per bull for yearlings) in with them. Don't put your big mature bulls in with your heifers as this could cause problems later on.
How old does a Brahman bull have to be to service a heifer?
It should be a more of a concern of how much the bull weighs over his age. The bigger the bull, the more likely he'll cause injury to the heifer. Usually the older the bull is the bigger he'll be. Yearling bulls are best used for heifers, more often those that have EPDs for small calves. Brahmans are typically later maturing, so a two-year old bull may be old enough to service a heifer.
How young can a Holstein bull calf breed thought banded but not now have young heifers with him not old enough to be breed?
A Holstein bull calf reaches puberty between 9 and 12 months of age, at which is the time that he starts showing interest in cows and heifers. If he's younger than that, then there's no need to worry. And, if the heifers have not reached puberty themselves (which occurs at around 12 months of age), then they will not get bred by this young Holstein bull. So no need to worry. However, you will have to pull him out before you suspect the heifers will start to show their first signs of estrus, if you intend to keep him in with the girls for a fair period of time. Oh and make sure he DOES get banded this time. It's best to band him before he reaches puberty. Most calves are banded at birth, or between 2 and 6 months of age.
What age should bulls and heifers be bred for the first time?
Bulls can reach puberty by the time they are 8 months of age, but most are put in with the breeding herd by the time they are 12 months of age. Heifers reach puberty by the time they are 10 to 12 months of age, but most heifers are not bred until they are 15 months old. Of course the breed of the bulls and heifers depends on when they reach puberty and/or when they should be used for producing offspring.
What is a heifer bull?
Heifers have smaller pelvic areas than mature cows do, so they need to be bred to a bull that has, genetically, low birth weights. Heifers are also best bred to yearling bulls(primarily 12 to 18 months of age), which are smaller than the bigger mature bulls and won't increase the chances of crippling the heifers when trying to mount them. Young and/or small bulls tend to have the genetics for siring smaller calves, and heifers have the body size that tend to develop small calves, however, in either case this does not always occur: Yearling bulls are primarily unproven bulls; small bulls may sire large calves; Breed of the yearling bull plays a part in low birthweight genetics; condition, feed and environment play a role in lowbirthweight rates in heifers and cows. Young bulls are not the best because 99% of the time they are unproven sires. In other words, they are virgin bulls, or have never mated with a cow or heifer and produced offspring. They are selected by the rancher because they are expected to produce low birthweight calves out of the heifers, only because the Expected Progeny Differences (EPDs) combined and calculated from the sire and dam, and compared with other bulls of the same breed and raised in the same conditions, says so. Smaller bulls also need to have the EPD numbers to be able to be used on heifers. If there are no papers that come with a small bull that you buy, you are making a big gamble on him. Even EPDs on yearlings are not reliable, especially if you have a 60% chance that that bull will sire large calves instead of small ones. Thus young unproven bulls may have high birth weights that should not be used on heifers; the same goes with smaller bulls. Breed also has a large affect on how the heifers calve out, and what size of calves the bull will sire. For instance, a yearling Simmental bull is put in with about 20 Red Angus heifers. Low birth weight EPDs for the Simmental breed is different from the low birthweight genetics of the Red Angus breed, so there's a higher chance that 10 or 15 of those Red Angus heifers will need assistance. Even using a Red Angus yearling bull that may have the numbers for low birth weights may not sire low birthweight calves in all of the heifers. But, primarily using a Continental bull that is of a breed that is notorious for large calves, like Simmental, Charolais, Maine Anjou and Belgian Blue, for instance, on your heifers, is asking for trouble. Small bulls like Dexters, White Park, Red Poll, etc. tend to sire small calves that are easy for your heifers to pop out. So heifer bulls are chosen through careful selection of genetics, size and breed, with the type of heifers in mind, in order to have a successful, worry-free calving season. If you know what to look for, you will have some happy heifers on your hands.
What age should you start putting your bulls with your heifers?
When the heifers are at least 14 months old, you can put yearling bulls (15-20 heifers per bull for yearlings) in with them. Don't put your big mature bulls in with your heifers as this could cause problems later on.
How old can bull trouts live?
bull trout have a maximum age of 20 years
How old does a Brahman bull have to be to service a heifer?
It should be a more of a concern of how much the bull weighs over his age. The bigger the bull, the more likely he'll cause injury to the heifer. Usually the older the bull is the bigger he'll be. Yearling bulls are best used for heifers, more often those that have EPDs for small calves. Brahmans are typically later maturing, so a two-year old bull may be old enough to service a heifer.
What is a good weight to put angus heifers to the bull for breeding?
Your heifers weight should be 60% of the cow herd's. But, they should also be around 15 months of age, though a couple months plus or minus isn't going to hurt either.
What is the offspring of a bull and a cow?
A calf. If it's a male, it's a bull calf. If it's female, it's a heifer calf. Bull calves become steer calves if they are castrated. A bull calf becomes a bull when he is weaned and reaches one year of age. Bulls are raised and used for breeding cows and heifers. Steers are steers when they are fed and raised for beef. A steer can become an ox if he is trained at a young age to pull carts and wagons. A heifer calf is no longer a heifer calf after she is weaned and becomes one year of age. She is a bred heifer when she is impregnated by a bull at 15 to 18 months of age, then a first-calf heifer when she calves. She becomes a cow after having her second calf.
How young can a Holstein bull calf breed thought banded but not now have young heifers with him not old enough to be breed?
A Holstein bull calf reaches puberty between 9 and 12 months of age, at which is the time that he starts showing interest in cows and heifers. If he's younger than that, then there's no need to worry. And, if the heifers have not reached puberty themselves (which occurs at around 12 months of age), then they will not get bred by this young Holstein bull. So no need to worry. However, you will have to pull him out before you suspect the heifers will start to show their first signs of estrus, if you intend to keep him in with the girls for a fair period of time. Oh and make sure he DOES get banded this time. It's best to band him before he reaches puberty. Most calves are banded at birth, or between 2 and 6 months of age.
What is the maximum age to join Indian army?
after 13 year of service
On average how old do dairy cattle have to be to breed?
A healthy bovine can reproduce at 4 months of age, but in this industry heifers are either put out with the bull or inseminated at about 18months old. At least that's what we do :o)
What age do heifers hit puberty?
8 to12 months
What age should bulls and heifers be bred for the first time?
Bulls can reach puberty by the time they are 8 months of age, but most are put in with the breeding herd by the time they are 12 months of age. Heifers reach puberty by the time they are 10 to 12 months of age, but most heifers are not bred until they are 15 months old. Of course the breed of the bulls and heifers depends on when they reach puberty and/or when they should be used for producing offspring.
Are calves and heifers used in bullfighting?
Becerristas, novice bullfighters, will fight becerros, or calves - animals less than 2 years of age. Novilleros, more advanced fighters, will fight novillos or bulls from 2-4 years of age. Full matadors fight toros that are at least 4 years old. Heifers are not fought but may be tested for bravery before they are used for breeding. This is done at the ganaderias, fighting bull ranches, but not in bullrings.
What is the aged limit to join the Army?
Depends on the country you are talking about. In the US, the minimum age is 17 with parental permission. Maximum age varies from service to service and can be as low as 28 for the Marine Corps to a high of 42 for the Army.
