Red Bull Breeder
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Boot Jack I You might need to look into some different genetics. Limi's don't marble like angus but they are out there that do marble. Just got to find them. Seek and you shall find.
Rosielou":2usyz6lu said:I normally don't trust craigslist but I thought these would be as good of a start as any to start asking advice. I emailed the owner asking if he had a number I could call to ask about them but he hasn't emailed me back so I assume he's had some offers. I thought even if I did not buy one it would help me learn.
http://littlerock.craigslist.org/grd/5127572971.html
I don't mind horns in my herd, I would prefer polled, but my main concern is calving ease. Worst case scenario I would just nub or band the horns in the heifers I would be keeping. Color doesn't bother me either, but a solid bull would be best because I will be selling the calves at the sale barn. I don't really like a birth weight over 75, which I assume could possibly be hard to find in beefmasters? Has the width of their shoulders offered calving problems?
Jerseys, longhorns, Corrientes, salers, highlands and Watusi...Son of Butch":2gdou7vb said:Really?!?Red Bull Breeder":2gdou7vb said:Just for the record the horns don't start to grow till after the calf is born.
My, my well aren't you just a fountain of knowledge Captain Obvious.
Then why haven't you noticed a little round head slides out easier than a little block head?
Don't forget Wagyu!Muddy":39qbmc2m said:Jerseys, longhorns, Corrientes, salers, highlands and Watusi...Son of Butch":39qbmc2m said:Really?!?Red Bull Breeder":39qbmc2m said:Just for the record the horns don't start to grow till after the calf is born.
My, my well aren't you just a fountain of knowledge Captain Obvious.
Then why haven't you noticed a little round head slides out easier than a little block head?
No, but I have experience calving many Holsteins and it has been my observation that polled holstein sires calvesMuddy":n1g91y9u said:Butch, you don't have any facts to back up with your statement.
I have not seen that in my dairy herds. I also haven't seen it in beef cattle. Domino 3027 comes to mind. He's near the top of the hereford breed for CED and he's horned.Son of Butch":10rudtfx said:No, but I have experience calving many Holsteins and it has been my observation that polled holstein sires calvesMuddy":10rudtfx said:Butch, you don't have any facts to back up with your statement.
heads slide out quicker and easier than horned holstein sires.
I believe it would hold true for all breeds. Calf body shape matters and so does head shape.
I have very little experience with herefords and no experience with brahma, so perhaps someone else could comment
regarding polled vs horned same breed calving ease.