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I frequently hear people say they have trouble telling the difference but with experience you can tell at a glance or at long distance. They are two different types of cattle and I think Red Polls often are disparaged unfairly in a direct comparison. The gentle nature and ease of handling of the...

Head & neck of calf are solid red but the entire body is as much white as red. As much white as a Holstein but in a pattern more like an old-style Maine-Anjou or Maine influenced Shorthorn. It is a nice calf, very beefy and over 80 lbs. I had intended to keep the nicer heifers out of this cross...

Have about a dozen registered Red Poll cows, I have raised myself, running with the crossbred cows. Last year bought a yearling Registered Red Poll from neighbor a county over. There is no chance the cows were exposed to another bull. The first calf of the year came last week out of a Red Poll...

I few years ago I bought about 9 open Red Poll heifers and posted on this board for advise on what to breed them to. Replies were generally negative about the breed (not enough muscle, too much milk, etc. ) Went ahead and bought a Red Poll bull and used him on the heifers and some shorthorn and...

Heifers came from R.A. Chinn of Danville and bull from Jim Doll of northern Kentucky. Also have cattle from Burley Ridge farm of Alex Johnson. Attended the Beef Expo in Louisville and they all said it was the best sale in years. Leo Young of Shelbyville seemed to have the best selling Red...

I currently have 8 registered Red Polls, most having just had their 2nd calves. They all calved in March last year. They all came in Feb this year. I also have some grade Red Polls and Shorthorns and Shorthorn crosses. Bought the Red Polls as yearlings and they have been nearly trouble free...

My daughter won a nice registered Angus heifer yearling in a contest (Boyd's New Day X Thomas Lucy) Last year we let our Red Poll herd bull breed her and she had a nice calf. A neighbor has "Volunteer" Angus semen in his tank and will breed her for us. Is this a good cross?

Murray Grey X Holstein

These type cattle have been the basis of my operation for many years. 1/4 Jerseys with the other 3/4 being angus, shorthorn, hereford, or even Charolais have been some of the most profitable cows I have owned. Keep in mind I have always sold my calves at weaning in Sept. or Oct. and tried to...

Thanks for the information. My neighbor is an experienced dairyman who, like Dun said, expects 80% on first service and near 100% by second if cow is sound breeder. He has not had a bull on the place in years, even for his beef cows. He is fairly new and I did not know him that well. Evidently...

Reading these posts over the last year has me interested in A. I. Had cattle since 1972 but no experience with A. I. My daughters have some registered Red Poll heifers and reg. Angus heifers nursing their first calves, already bred back to a reg. Red Poll. Thinking of selling him this fall...

When I bought these heifers they were open and a I posed a query on this board asking for suggestions on what to breed them to. I got various replies. Some suggested testing the market for registered Red Polls. I remember Dun saying to cross them with a good red or black Angus. What I am seeing...

I do not exactly follow your question, But _____ My cattle this year consist of a number of purebred Red Poll heifers with their first calf. I also have some Gelbviah X Shorthorn heifers with their first calves (these I had kept from an earlier herd -- They are the mongrels for the Shorthorn...

One of the selling points for Red Polls was their supposedly pure line of breeding with little admixture of other cattle lines since the 1840s. This was supposed to make them very good for crossing in a commercial program. What I have seen seems to back this up. They have very predictable calves...

Like 1. Old style Shorthorns 2. Red Polls 3. South Devons Dislike 1. Charolais 2. Black Limos 3. Chianina Not really practical: but what I like and dislike

I have a neighbor that has had Gelbviah cattle for years. He sells commercial bulls and has a waiting list almost all the time. I bought one a few years ago to breed to some Shorthorn cross cows and was very pleased. His calves were docile, thick, deep, and weighed real good for their height...

Those beef dairy crosses look less beefy as they get older. At 500 lbs. and fat, they look good and the discount is less. Keep them longer and they show more dairy type. I once had a herd of Jerseys and Jersey crosses bred to a Charolais bull. They sold good if sold early. Kept too long and they...

Radi, It is fun to look at the different breeds and speculate on the best for your operation (BUT) if you are a generation removed from the cattle business it is more important to know basics before putting too much emphasis on what breed is best. You need to realize the cattle are a way to...

They are good looking cattle but they have never caught on in our part of Kentucky. You see an occasional one running in herds of mixed cows ( a sale barn bargain ). They do look strange in with the Angus, BWF and Charolais crosses that make up the majority of cattle in our area. Any excess ear...

Reading on this board has shown me how wide the world is. I have done things with some success my way on Sugar Creek but it is a wide world with many more knowlegable people than myself. As to your cattle, the bull is a little short (not long enough) and has horns. Other than that he seems ok...