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Update on the Kudzu- Corriente herd since we sold it.
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<blockquote data-quote="Warren Allison" data-source="post: 1795115" data-attributes="member: 40587"><p>Shoot, I don't know, RDFF. When the cattle industry first moved to Wyoming, Montana, and other upper mid-west ad western states, it was with this kind of cattle out of Texas. Tyypically, bigger cattle do better than smaller cattle the further north you get. Left alone, mammals will evolve into bigger sizes in cooler climates, and smaller in hotter climates. Canadian. Michigan, Wisconsin etc. white tails tend to be 3 times the size of Florida white tails. Kodiak bears vs Mexican grizzlies, etc. What makes it work for us down here, is the warm, mild winters with forage still available, and the +-25% protein in the Kudzu. You'd have to feed them same as any other cattle in winter, though maybe not as much per head, so you wouldnt have the near-zero inputs we have. The purchase price would be lower, and you wouldn't have the wormer, vaccine etc costs. You could probably feed 2 maybe 3 for what it takes for 1 Char or Simm, but dunno how those calves would do. Down here, everyone trailer weans at 6 mos, and 450-500 lbs is the sweet spot. And when we take ours to the sale, they qare competing with angus and black baldy calves, and do just as well. At that age, they look like any other commercial angus is angus-beef cross calves. As they get older, not so much. If you didn't know, most would think they are an angus-dairy cross, and they sell like those crosses would. That's why I am experimenting with adding the Mexican Fighting Bull blood into our herd. Hoping it will result in a "beefier" looking calf. Then again, if you can feed 3 for what it costs to raise 1 Continental cow, and get three $500 calves instead of one $1k calf, You'd make 50% more money. Maybe get a couple and see?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Warren Allison, post: 1795115, member: 40587"] Shoot, I don't know, RDFF. When the cattle industry first moved to Wyoming, Montana, and other upper mid-west ad western states, it was with this kind of cattle out of Texas. Tyypically, bigger cattle do better than smaller cattle the further north you get. Left alone, mammals will evolve into bigger sizes in cooler climates, and smaller in hotter climates. Canadian. Michigan, Wisconsin etc. white tails tend to be 3 times the size of Florida white tails. Kodiak bears vs Mexican grizzlies, etc. What makes it work for us down here, is the warm, mild winters with forage still available, and the +-25% protein in the Kudzu. You'd have to feed them same as any other cattle in winter, though maybe not as much per head, so you wouldnt have the near-zero inputs we have. The purchase price would be lower, and you wouldn't have the wormer, vaccine etc costs. You could probably feed 2 maybe 3 for what it takes for 1 Char or Simm, but dunno how those calves would do. Down here, everyone trailer weans at 6 mos, and 450-500 lbs is the sweet spot. And when we take ours to the sale, they qare competing with angus and black baldy calves, and do just as well. At that age, they look like any other commercial angus is angus-beef cross calves. As they get older, not so much. If you didn't know, most would think they are an angus-dairy cross, and they sell like those crosses would. That's why I am experimenting with adding the Mexican Fighting Bull blood into our herd. Hoping it will result in a "beefier" looking calf. Then again, if you can feed 3 for what it costs to raise 1 Continental cow, and get three $500 calves instead of one $1k calf, You'd make 50% more money. Maybe get a couple and see? [/QUOTE]
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