He is about 21/2 and he has 14 cows to service. IMO there should be no open cattle. There was a cow that palpated well bred and had a calf easter sunday and one of the open cows had a calf in decemeber and has been with the bull since Jan 15. I dunno how to explain why the three open were open, I am going to sell two of them, the third I am going to keep and just see if she will get bred or if maybe she was just real short bred when we palpated. She is gentle and raises a nice calf so I figure we can gamble on her, not to mention she eats cubes out of my moms hand along with a few of the others so she will likely never leave