I picked up my new "terminal" bull yesterday, a registered "full blood" Fleckvieh/Simmental. He was born 031616 so he is a few days over 15 months old as he was unloaded this morning. It was about sunset when I got back with him. I was concerned about letting him out in a strange new place near dark and on the advice of a good neighbor, left him in trailer overnight. Early this morning I backed the trailer to the gate and let D092 out into his new home for the first time. He'll have about 20 older cows to breed, but the group was down the hill and out of sight from where I unloaded. To my surprise he was very calm and quiet even after being in the front compartment of the trailer overnight. He slowly walked out of the trailer and over to the gate to check out the two bottle calves. Then grazed a bit on this cover crop on my winter hay feeding area near the hay shed. Disposition seems very good and just what I need for my rotational grazing system. Fleckviehs are supposed to sire fast-growing, high beef quality calves in an F1 cross. I harvest my steers at 13-14 months of age and would like to get more pounds of quality beef on them by that age with little or no corn. I love my Hereford cows. My Ellis C627 Hereford bull will have my heifers and first calvers and be my cow maker while this Fleck will have my 2nd calf and older cows to produce what I plan to be terminal calves. This is the first of my crossing/heterosis experiments. D092 has what I am told are the traditional Fleckvieh colors. He is also one solid bull! Even with my dually, I could tell when he moved around in the trailer. Here are some pics from unloading him early this morning.
Edited by Jim 6/24/2017 19:12
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