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    which cross should i use

    ive got a pretty big gv breeder just down the road so i was gonna see about gettin hfrs from him and then run a good herf on them, is that a problem or should i put a gv on herferds. or dont it make a bit of difference?
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    which cross should i use

    im keeping all the replacments for myself, and finishing out the calves they produce.
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    which cross should i use

    i was going to start making my own replacments, and im torn between herf/angus, or gv/herf. if i went with the gv/herf i would use an angus on them, and no replacements would be kept. and the herf/angus i would use some continental breed. i guess what im really asking is which one would be the...
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    cows and hay

    just wondering when its safe to turn cows out on hay fields in the fall. allways thought it was after the first frost but wasn't sure.
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    3 Way Cross Cattle

    what two breeds make a balancer?
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    starting a new herd

    i was hoping i could find a good breeder a little closer to home. i have enough pastures to do it myself, but i dont want all the headache that goes with it.
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    starting a new herd

    no im going to buy some every year until there all the same.
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    starting a new herd

    im in SE MN, have a 165 head of cows. why murray greys?
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    starting a new herd

    yeah i wand all the calves to be black. if i use the angus herf i would use a black limo or gelb. if i had gelb herf cows i would use an angus bull.
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    starting a new herd

    finally talked my dad into starting an f1 herd instead of a mutt herd, and ive got two choices and cant make my mind up, either angus x hereford, or gelpvieh x hereford. hoping i could get some advise.
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    what to use on black baldies

    i finish all my calves out, and i would use a char but the gray calves dont sell as well in my market. im looking for black or bwf calves.
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    what to use on black baldies

    just wondering what i should use for a terminal sire on true black baldie cows, a pure bred limo or an angus limo cross. also wondering if i did use a black limo angus cross would i get any red calves?
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    doing something different

    with 15 cows im going to have to end up buying some extras every so often, but my goal is to build my herd up to being all black baldie's eventually, never have breed for replacements so im kinda new to this game. the purpose of this thread was for someone to help me out with a bull
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    doing something different

    i average out only buying 6 or 7 replacements a year
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    doing something different

    no, ive got the facilitys and enough small seperate pastures to be able to raise my own. and bred heifers arnt bringing that much in my area, even the good ones.
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    doing something different

    little bit of everything, black, red, and 50 or so char-limi cross. ive got plenty of good cows i could keep calves out of but what im looking for is a more uniform herd that i know all the breeding on. and i run mostly limi bulls, and a black baldie x limi makes one heck of a nice calf.
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    doing something different

    this next year im going to start breeding my own replacement heifers cause im sick of buying crap from the sale barn, and not knowing what im getting. so my plan is to buy 15 or so black angus and putting a hereford on them. im not very good with epd's so i was wondering what i should be...
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    Some more pics from our show..

    why dont we see hereford bulls like that in the US?
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    what color will they be?

    i wouldnt use a black limi, id go with a full blood.
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    what color will they be?

    im planning on getting some angus x hereford cows and was going to put a full blood limi on them, what color would the calves be? and if i use a horned hereford could i use a horned limi, or would most of the calves be horned then?
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