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Thanks. I had no idea there was such a good polled hereford breeder in Kentucky. I'll give him a call this week and see what he has.

I'm looking to keep heifers from these bulls...so a well rounded animal. Good growth, milk, etc... I've just always heard that the polled aren't as good animals as the horned and I'm sure the are some lesser polled ones out there so I want to look at the better polled ones that are just as good...

I'm in western Kentucky

I was wandering if anyone knew who is known for having some of the better polled hereford bulls for sale. I have some horned ones that are getting older and I may replace soon. I'd like to keep some heifers and don't want any horns or their offspring to have horns. Everyone says good polled...

Never mind. After rereading back through Cbcr's post I should get 93% heterosis.

I realize I lose some heterosis but how much using an Angus bull compared to a totally different breed. I'm talking about the heifers I will keep out of the Simangus/Hereford cross and the heifers out of the Brangus/Hereford cross

Thanks for the info. I was afraid I lost more than that after the F1 cross. Thats great. I've got the Simangus cows bred to Hereford bulls and some Brangus cows Bred to Hereford bulls. I'll keep heifers out of these. What would be the % heterosis if bred back to an Angus bull compared to a...

I've got some Simangus cows I currently have a Hereford bull with. I know that gives me maximum heterosis in my calves...but if I keep heifers and Breed them back to a Gelbveih for example bow much heterosis is lost with the 3 breed cow vs a 2 breed cow?

Thanks for the input but I may not have been real clear with my question. Which bull would you put on angus cows with plans on keeping heifers? A Simmental or Hereford?

I'm in Kentucky and I'm trying to decide which bull to put with our black cows with the possibilty of keeping heifers. I know Baldy cows are extremely popular for various reasons but we have about 30 Simangus cows that seem to always raise the best calves, possible due to milking better. Which...

I agree that the black baldie is one of the best crosses possible. My problem is that if my cows are black baldie and I breed them back to an Angus bull I'm not getting the most hybrid vigor that I could... but maybe enough I don't know. On the other hand if my cows are mailnly Angus and I put a...

Thanks for all the input. I sent you a PM Tennessee. If I bought the Red Angus, put a good Hereford bull on them I guess I should get Red Baldies? Black sells better here like most places, We are going to need some replacement heiffers in a couple years so if put a Gelbvieh, Black Simmental, or...

The Red Angus heiffers are very nice. What color calves would I get breeding them back to Black Angus Bulls? I'm still kinda stuck on everything I've read about a crossbread cow being more fertile and better mothers than straight breeds.

I've farmed for a long time but just recently got more cattle. I'm trying to decide which cows would be best. I think I'd rather have black baldies but they are hard to find. We've always ran Angus bulls but I know that wont give me the most hybrid vigor but should do pretty good with todays...