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Advice on building a herd in Central Texas - sale barns vs breeders
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<blockquote data-quote="TexasRancher" data-source="post: 1702012" data-attributes="member: 8359"><p>Being fairly new the cattle production-breeding myself...1st generation, started at age 57. I actually liked the experience of having a different variety of personalities in cattle...even the few skiddish-spooked ones I have (the runners-untrusting). I prefer having cattle not too friendly with me...I enjoy petting them on the head, and them coming up to me face to face....but when I ever so softly touch their sides to move them out of the way....they move away from me....which is what i like...for my safety.</p><p>I have Black Angus and Angus-Hereford cross...with a great Angus bull..that is producing both Black and Red Angus. Bringing the herd to cohesion and seeing the skiddish ones settling in to a calm herd nature has been a wonderful experience for me and them. Brought all the yearling heifers at a sale barn....only thing that scares me about cattle is getting a hold of a free-martin. I'd go Red Angus for Texas, buying from a known ranch/farmer is probably best for similar temperament and genetics; but you get best prices at sale barns and you get a deep dive into multiple personalities and differing genetics from different farms.</p><p>I know from experience the skiddish-spooked ones are the most intelligent cattle, the survivors (they seem to understand that they are a human food source)...they watch and observe everything around them...they have an uncanny awareness...they see you coming and know what you're doing before the rest of the cattle catch on. I'd recommend sale barn for first timers...it's a deep dive experience into knowing everything about cattle....gently cattle are nice, preferred....but I guess i liked my experiences in the trenches of cattle realities. What fun is it to have a herd of sisters all having the same cattle personalities-behaviors? Embrace your cattle having their independent quarks and the ones with superior intelligence that are aware and wary.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TexasRancher, post: 1702012, member: 8359"] Being fairly new the cattle production-breeding myself...1st generation, started at age 57. I actually liked the experience of having a different variety of personalities in cattle...even the few skiddish-spooked ones I have (the runners-untrusting). I prefer having cattle not too friendly with me...I enjoy petting them on the head, and them coming up to me face to face....but when I ever so softly touch their sides to move them out of the way....they move away from me....which is what i like...for my safety. I have Black Angus and Angus-Hereford cross...with a great Angus bull..that is producing both Black and Red Angus. Bringing the herd to cohesion and seeing the skiddish ones settling in to a calm herd nature has been a wonderful experience for me and them. Brought all the yearling heifers at a sale barn....only thing that scares me about cattle is getting a hold of a free-martin. I'd go Red Angus for Texas, buying from a known ranch/farmer is probably best for similar temperament and genetics; but you get best prices at sale barns and you get a deep dive into multiple personalities and differing genetics from different farms. I know from experience the skiddish-spooked ones are the most intelligent cattle, the survivors (they seem to understand that they are a human food source)...they watch and observe everything around them...they have an uncanny awareness...they see you coming and know what you're doing before the rest of the cattle catch on. I'd recommend sale barn for first timers...it's a deep dive experience into knowing everything about cattle....gently cattle are nice, preferred....but I guess i liked my experiences in the trenches of cattle realities. What fun is it to have a herd of sisters all having the same cattle personalities-behaviors? Embrace your cattle having their independent quarks and the ones with superior intelligence that are aware and wary. [/QUOTE]
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