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My son has a very nice, heavy boned horned Hereford bull but I'm a little concerned that would not be a good cross for her first calf so I may send her to my son's friend's herd when her time comes and breed to his reg Angus then after that, if she calves easy and I expect she should, then the...

Thanks for the replies. My goal, and it's going to take me a few years but I'm very good with genetics, is a small cow herd that has the Gyr/Gir traits of the very long ears, speckled, huge frame like my cow, Rose... but with a more beefy carcass or at least "produce" the better carcass. I...

Jasmine at 7 months, still on mamma so she was fatter

I'll try something else.

Sorry, it's hard to get pictures on here.

Here's another picture. She's not as short bodied as her mother but I agree, a bit more would be good...

Wacocowboy, she's 9 or 10 months in the picture. She's out of my grade Brahman cow and my son's Balancer bull.

Jasmine at 10 months old. https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/10696244_10203605766159319_7496208612749728982_n.jpg?oh=58f3d6c91f22a4a040d08055e78f74d0&oe=5514D3F9&__gda__=1428112111_1fdb637a6ee04c31dff6fcb6ccc6c53f...

Very nice cow! I love the Indicus type cattle for several reasons. I love the longevity, the temperament (of the good ones, lol) I really love the ear and the look but what really interests me is the originals, the Gyr type in particular. I'm starting with a mish mash and a couple of my cows...

I'm in SW Mo and there seems to be a resurgence of Herefords here. Both the modern type, polled and all but also those original looking ole curly faced, big headed beauties with the horns. With cattle doing so well, in general, seems that horned calves and scurred sell just about as well as...

And this is Rose, my other cow. She is huge, my son estimates her 1800 pounds, easy This is her bull calf, calved the same day, within hours of Babe's heifer calf above.

I don't think I've ever seen a Brahman with a high hip. This is my cow, photo taken as a heifer. This is her first calf, 2012, bull calf And this is her heifer born 12/17/13 - she is actually on a hill so her hip does "look" higher but it isn't

Oh I hate to hear that, my old Texas Heeler is showing his age more every day. He's 12 and has been the best at everything we needed in a dog. I feel for you, I'd feel lost

Thanks, there were 4 bulls here at the time they were bred so could have been a registered black Angus or one of 3 young Balancer bulls that my son had here while moving his cows. I don't have access to a good Hereford, would that produce the tiger striped calves? I might have to look into...

I probably live in the wrong part of the country for the Brahman and Indu or Gir/Gyr type cattle but they remain my very favorite. I'd love to breed for pure but since mine are probably not pure, at least not registered, then I just enjoy the cows and breed them to whatever the boys have for me...