greenwillowherefords
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As one of the newest members, I'd like to apologize if I seemed arrogant and overbearing as a guest. I didn't mean to, and I would never intentionally make my breed look bad by doing so. I have taken the challenges from Frankie to heart, and called Jack Ward of the AHA today to request data to back up my claims. I wish you could see my Herefords, but the last time I tried to download a picture I crashed my computer. I'm not very proficient on this thing. I want to thank certherfbeef (did I get that right?) and several others for their kindness and welcome. Frankie, I hope that your bark is worse than your bite! (Please don't take that as an offense!)
My grandfather and uncle raised commercial Herefords for years. They used Lamplighter bulls from Flying G Ranch, Sand Springs, OK. These bulls were incredibly long-bodied. There were a few black-baldies from where the neighbors Angus bulls would jump the fence from time to time. My grandpa regaled me with stories of separating the Hereford and Angus bulls with his little Ford 8N. My uncle took over the cattle in the 80's. He eventually yielded to the fads, and got a Limousin bull. After pulling a lot of calves hung up on those round hips, he traded for a Brangus. As a little boy, not knowing anything about statistics and taste tests, I noticed a distinct difference in the beeves they butchered sired by the Limousin. The meat did not taste as good to me, it had a sour flavor to it. My uncle went to a polled Hereford again after the Brangus, and says to this day that he had his heaviest weaning weights ever out of that bull on those cross-bred cows. He has since had three Angus in a row, two of which he sold because they kept getting out. The third has already started.
I am 30 years old. I got back into cattle four years ago, with a purchase from Flying G. I have since sold foundation seedstock to two new cattlemen. None of the three of us have many cattle, so we kind of pool our resources, and all use my bull. I have made some tremendous friends among other Hereford breeders. Richard Day of Roff, OK has been line-breeding Hazletts for years from Turner Ranch bloodlines, and has sold several head to me. Lotsee Spradling of Flying G has provided my polled seedstock. My Hazlett bull averaged 101% against ANL Quest in the same herd on heifer calves. I have since traded him for a locally bred bull that is ACE on the top side, and has Graystone Hurrah, Gilead 67K etc. in the pedigree. He is probably about 2400#. This bull sired a steer that the Haskell butcher stated was the best marbling he'd ever seen, for what anecdotal evidence is worth. We've sold quite a bit of Hereford beef, with all our customers coming back for more. I'd like to hear from you!
My grandfather and uncle raised commercial Herefords for years. They used Lamplighter bulls from Flying G Ranch, Sand Springs, OK. These bulls were incredibly long-bodied. There were a few black-baldies from where the neighbors Angus bulls would jump the fence from time to time. My grandpa regaled me with stories of separating the Hereford and Angus bulls with his little Ford 8N. My uncle took over the cattle in the 80's. He eventually yielded to the fads, and got a Limousin bull. After pulling a lot of calves hung up on those round hips, he traded for a Brangus. As a little boy, not knowing anything about statistics and taste tests, I noticed a distinct difference in the beeves they butchered sired by the Limousin. The meat did not taste as good to me, it had a sour flavor to it. My uncle went to a polled Hereford again after the Brangus, and says to this day that he had his heaviest weaning weights ever out of that bull on those cross-bred cows. He has since had three Angus in a row, two of which he sold because they kept getting out. The third has already started.
I am 30 years old. I got back into cattle four years ago, with a purchase from Flying G. I have since sold foundation seedstock to two new cattlemen. None of the three of us have many cattle, so we kind of pool our resources, and all use my bull. I have made some tremendous friends among other Hereford breeders. Richard Day of Roff, OK has been line-breeding Hazletts for years from Turner Ranch bloodlines, and has sold several head to me. Lotsee Spradling of Flying G has provided my polled seedstock. My Hazlett bull averaged 101% against ANL Quest in the same herd on heifer calves. I have since traded him for a locally bred bull that is ACE on the top side, and has Graystone Hurrah, Gilead 67K etc. in the pedigree. He is probably about 2400#. This bull sired a steer that the Haskell butcher stated was the best marbling he'd ever seen, for what anecdotal evidence is worth. We've sold quite a bit of Hereford beef, with all our customers coming back for more. I'd like to hear from you!