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  1. Beefalocw

    Another breed debate. Beefalo VS Simmentals

    Why Raise Beefalo By Larry Hacker Some time ago, a neighbor dropped in at our farm to see some of the Beefalo that he had been hearing about. As we looked over a group of heifers grazing nearby, he commented that they were pretty good-looking animals, but that he had really come to look at...
  2. Beefalocw

    Another breed debate. Beefalo VS Simmentals

    Look it up, except for the noted sweat glands in the nose, brama, and beefalo are the two bloodlines with sweatglands on the skin. Maybe you have some of one or the other bloodline in your cattle. It is well known that regular european breeds of cattle and other regular bovine breeds can't...
  3. Beefalocw

    Another breed debate. Beefalo VS Simmentals

    No, all cattle breeds do not have sweat glands, most have to pant like a dog. Only cattle with either Bison, or Brahma in them have sweat glands.
  4. Beefalocw

    Breed to NOT use

    [img]http://ranchers.net/photopost/data/500/hondo.jpg[img] Beefalo Bull
  5. Beefalocw

    Breed to NOT use

    Actually beefalo have great dispositon, and great breeding ability, many even breeding up to 25 years or more. Many beefalo are so tame, they are like a big dog, they love to be petted and brushed, and many you can work without even putting through the chute.
  6. Beefalocw

    Another breed debate. Beefalo VS Simmentals

    I had a 22 year old cow that suddenly stopped calving, so we had her butchered, she had growths on her ovaries. That could happen with any cow. She was a grand champion. According to the records the guy had before I purchased her, and my own, including 2 sets of twins in her lifetime, she...
  7. Beefalocw

    Another breed debate. Beefalo VS Simmentals

    Several celebrities like Ricky Van Shelton, and Paul Butler raise Beefalo. The advantages of having Beefalo in your cattle are tremendous, hi protein, low cholesterol, qualifying automatically for lean beef programs like Laura's Lean Beef, quick cooking, tender, sweat glands, more layers of...
  8. Beefalocw

    Another breed debate. Beefalo VS Simmentals

    I kept protein supplement out most of the time, but often had 2 calves in 10 or 11 months. Mine were very docile, and loved to be brushed, you could hold up an apple, or shake a bucket of feed and they would come running. My bulls would let you work with them anywhere, they didn't have to even...
  9. Beefalocw

    Another breed debate. Beefalo VS Simmentals

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  10. Beefalocw

    Another breed debate. Beefalo VS Simmentals

    Purebred and Fullblood cattle are sold as breeding stock to others in the Beefalo Association, There is a USDA inspected slaughterhouse and have sold frozen Beefalo in Grocery Stores, and Restaurants, I have a slaughterhouse that I can take a trailer load of cattle to, and put them in their...
  11. Beefalocw

    Another breed debate. Beefalo VS Simmentals

    Beefalo are fertile, and gentle. The first generations are more iffy on being fertile, but by the time you get 37.5% bison they are very fertile. In order to register a full blood, you have to pay for a DNA test from UC Davis for bison markers. There are 20 distinct bison markers, and you...
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