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<blockquote data-quote="WalnutCrest" data-source="post: 1104585" data-attributes="member: 21715"><p>There are some crazy stories about Maximus and his libido.</p><p></p><p>They do have very proper phenotype for what we're trying to do here. We're very glad to have these genes on the hoof and in the tank.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The daugthers / granddaughters out of Hector AIA are really something else. The other half of the equation was a bull named Invincible ... unfortunately, I don't have any pictures of him.</p><p></p><p>For the early importation of genetics from France in the early 1990s, Hector and Invincible were each flushed to multiple different Mignard daugthers and then those cattle were bred together ... resulting in what you see here.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Well, we just moved and our pastures are a mess ... so, we're reducing numbers ... keeping the best (obviously) and possibly adding a couple of younger animals (reducing the average age of our herd in the process).</p><p></p><p>We have 20 total animals (which includes the first calf of the year, a heifer born almost two weeks ago). We're considering butchering as many as nine more (four old cows and five steers) and replacing them with six bred cows to be recips for us.</p><p></p><p>That said, we have a sufficient amount and diversity of semen that we should be good for quite some time.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Every Aubrac cow we have here on the farm has met everything we've thrown at them. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Mignard semen doesn't exist. We have semen on one of his maternal grandsons (i.e., semen from a bull that's out of a Mignard daughter), a full brother to Michelle (above).</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Aubracs do typically have good yields, however, what they're really known for is the size of their ribeyes. In fact, a friend of mine just butchered two 8mo old bull calves ... hot weight was about 350lbs and the ribeyes on each one was over 12".</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Fullbloods are horned.</p><p></p><p>Mignard knocked off one horn early in his life ... the other FBs without horns were dehorned at some point along the way. If you see a polled Aubrac, then it is a percentage animal.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Out of curiosity, which ones stood out to you and why?</p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>A friend of mine raises Black Angus and Aubrac, and I'll paraphrase his summary of their relative temperaments --- Aubracs tend to find less comfort in humans than Black Angus, they're more of a herd animal. Some lines tend towards being more easily excitable than others, and so if this is a prime consideration, then paying attention to the genetic lines you use is an important consideration.</p><p></p><p>For us, temperament is criteria #1 when deciding whether or not to keep / sell / butcher any calf. Due to small numbers, we're more tolerant of our cows, however, as our numbers grow, we'll be just as hard on them. Due to the many many years of breeding different lines, we have a good handle on which bulls tend to produce calmer calves than others ... and we're focusing on the best phenotyped bulls on our "calm calf" list.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Here is a picture I received from a friend -- he took this picture when in France of an Aubrac cow with her Aubrac x. DM Charolais calf.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://ranchers.net/photopost/data/500/medium/Herd_-_Aubrac_Cow_with_Charolais_x_Calf.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WalnutCrest, post: 1104585, member: 21715"] There are some crazy stories about Maximus and his libido. They do have very proper phenotype for what we're trying to do here. We're very glad to have these genes on the hoof and in the tank. The daugthers / granddaughters out of Hector AIA are really something else. The other half of the equation was a bull named Invincible ... unfortunately, I don't have any pictures of him. For the early importation of genetics from France in the early 1990s, Hector and Invincible were each flushed to multiple different Mignard daugthers and then those cattle were bred together ... resulting in what you see here. Well, we just moved and our pastures are a mess ... so, we're reducing numbers ... keeping the best (obviously) and possibly adding a couple of younger animals (reducing the average age of our herd in the process). We have 20 total animals (which includes the first calf of the year, a heifer born almost two weeks ago). We're considering butchering as many as nine more (four old cows and five steers) and replacing them with six bred cows to be recips for us. That said, we have a sufficient amount and diversity of semen that we should be good for quite some time. Every Aubrac cow we have here on the farm has met everything we've thrown at them. Mignard semen doesn't exist. We have semen on one of his maternal grandsons (i.e., semen from a bull that's out of a Mignard daughter), a full brother to Michelle (above). Aubracs do typically have good yields, however, what they're really known for is the size of their ribeyes. In fact, a friend of mine just butchered two 8mo old bull calves ... hot weight was about 350lbs and the ribeyes on each one was over 12". Fullbloods are horned. Mignard knocked off one horn early in his life ... the other FBs without horns were dehorned at some point along the way. If you see a polled Aubrac, then it is a percentage animal. Out of curiosity, which ones stood out to you and why? A friend of mine raises Black Angus and Aubrac, and I'll paraphrase his summary of their relative temperaments --- Aubracs tend to find less comfort in humans than Black Angus, they're more of a herd animal. Some lines tend towards being more easily excitable than others, and so if this is a prime consideration, then paying attention to the genetic lines you use is an important consideration. For us, temperament is criteria #1 when deciding whether or not to keep / sell / butcher any calf. Due to small numbers, we're more tolerant of our cows, however, as our numbers grow, we'll be just as hard on them. Due to the many many years of breeding different lines, we have a good handle on which bulls tend to produce calmer calves than others ... and we're focusing on the best phenotyped bulls on our "calm calf" list. Here is a picture I received from a friend -- he took this picture when in France of an Aubrac cow with her Aubrac x. DM Charolais calf. [img]http://ranchers.net/photopost/data/500/medium/Herd_-_Aubrac_Cow_with_Charolais_x_Calf.jpg[/img] [/QUOTE]
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