newrancher
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I know everyone has their favorite breed , in the past Ive been impressed with santa gertrudis calving ease. Does anyone have any pictures of this cross, and what do you think.
that sound like a good cross, like the herf/gert cross moma cow real well..bward":1jkytxix said:The calving ease is in the gert cow,not so much in the gert Bull, although thats all I ever use on heifers.... but then I raised the bull so I know the size of the Bull as a newborn. However, I have used Gert bulls on Fullblood Simmental and crossbred Simmental and the weight of some of those babies can be over a hundred pounds. Those Simmies would have had a big calf regardless of which bull used, however add some hybrid vigor with the 3/16ths brahma influence in the calf , you can get some bigger babies. The good news is that they never hip lock, which is a small consolation if you have to pull it. If your Hereford heifers are in that 900 pound range I would try a Gert with a lower birth weight and in all likelyhood you won't have any problems. You will however have some dandy calves that will grow like crazy.
some calves with 1/4 brahman blood will have about the same ear as a half blood "by that i mean apperance only not percentage" . ive also raised F1'S that looked to have more bos taurus influence, than brahmanBC":8pq1gepm said:It depends on where you are. A 3/16 blood calf will not be discounted here in East Texas. Hard to tell by the amount of ear on one of those calves and calves with a good bit of continental breeding. Since most of the cows some Brahman influence anything with a 1/4 or less Brahman tops our markets.
ALACOWMAN":2dsgq7dy said:some calves with 1/4 brahman blood will have about the same ear as a half blood "by that i mean apperance only not percentage" . ive also raised F1'S that looked to have more bos taurus influence, than brahmanBC":2dsgq7dy said:It depends on where you are. A 3/16 blood calf will not be discounted here in East Texas. Hard to tell by the amount of ear on one of those calves and calves with a good bit of continental breeding. Since most of the cows some Brahman influence anything with a 1/4 or less Brahman tops our markets.
Think of all the room you have to put all those required tags!from time to time, we'd get a calf with a touch too much ear
cattle Thank you every one for your input, this is the direction I was headed. It seems these would be very efficient cattle for this area.BC":idbuhzhy said:Most will look like Brangus type cattle with a few brindles and reds.Those Angus X Gert heifers will make excellent cows and their steer mates will sell well at the sale barn.
This cross will produce a calf with less than 1/4 Brahman influence (some people call that a Panhandle cross) and those calves can be put on most orders with okie and never look back.