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    Showing off our Beefmasters ..

    I have heard from people in my area that BM are bad to prolapse. Older people sometimes dont like change and BM just never really took off around here, but do they have a predisposition to prolapse or is that a myth. I have seen the breed in person, read a lot about them and really liked them...
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    cows calving -- for newbies -- pictures

    i believe giraffe's always stand while birthing They do and then the mother kicks it across the grass til it gets up and starts moving. no time to be laying around on the Serengeti
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    Charolais or Hereford

    With it being a terminal breed does that mean that its harder to get quality replacement heifers from your calves. What I'm asking is it a breed that you could sell the steers off, and hold the heifers back to expand your herd. I could possibly lease a different yearling bull every year so no...
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    Charolais or Hereford

    You basically have to have a cross cow and purebred bull right?
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    Charolais or Hereford

    Thank you. Glad to have found a place like this. I'm leaning hard toward the Charolais but I like the F1 tigerstripes as momma cows as well, plus I've seen some calves off a good Charolais bull and some Braford cows and they looked really good. I got a little less than a year before I make a...
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    Charolais or Hereford

    I'm trying to decide what breed I want to start with. I'm not sure if its possible but I want to sell the steers/bulls and hold back my heifer calves. Which one would throw more quality heifers? If I go with the Herefords I gonna put a Brahma bull on them and basically supply myself with...
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