All the longhorns I've got know how to work their way thru an alley way, but the trick is catching them as they work through the head gate. I am using a self catch head gate manually.
I run a brangus bull on one set of cows (crossbred) there are blacks, reds tigerstripes, yellow and white. The couple of tigerstripes I have are the only ones with excessive ear. On another set of cows (Longhorns) I run a Charlaise bull.
The cow I am refering to raised a way better calf than I would have ever thought. She is small, looks ugly and raised a calf that at weaning is nearly her size.[/img]
Do any of you have cows that outperform your expectations? I don't mean a decent cow having a good calf, but a less than good cow having and raising a far superior calf when compared to the herself.