ohiosteve
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Hello, new to the whole computer thing but just wondering if anyone has experience breeding Angus heifers to a Longhorn/Watusi bull?
Angus- Watusi/Longhorn cross
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ALACOWMAN
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i could see doing the opposite,,ohiosteve":2zxi6kif said:
Why in the world would you want to do something like that?
Oh, and :welcome: to the boards.
Oh, and :welcome: to the boards.
You first. What would be right with it?
ohiosteve":20p9i7y2 said:
I've had some real nice steers from angus x longhorn cows bred back to an angus bull. They were longer and about 150 lbs heavier than the straight angus. I'm not sure what the watusi would do for you.
ALACOWMAN
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in my opinion it would be like putting mud grips on a corvette,,
TennesseeTuxedo":2fwfnqfs said:
lol, I call BS..... :clap: Do you have to post on every thread whether or not you have anything to offer the discussion :roll:
Is running up your post count that important?
ohiosteve
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My main reason was for nice healthy smaller calves from my first calf heifers
ALACOWMAN
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dont take an expert ,, when a novice can see its a bad idea :cowboy:
ALACOWMAN":jzbbqgmx said:
Maybe he'll be kind enough to tell us WHY it's a bad idea then :lol2:
I noticed he''s run off though :nod:
I mean wouldn't it be nice if he explained to the OP WHY he thought it was a bad idea?
I guess that's the part I was having trouble digesting myself SirLoin. Watusi x Longhorn to begin with sounds pretty funky.
OhioSteve, can you post a picture of that bull? I'd love to see what his horns look like.
Thanks,
TT
OhioSteve, can you post a picture of that bull? I'd love to see what his horns look like.
Thanks,
TT
And no Mr. Loin, I most certainly didn't "run off". Never have.
TennesseeTuxedo":238ad1a0 said:
WHY does it sound "funky"?
Ok! I think I've made my point.
For me I believe that the longhorn and watusi are inferior breeds to angus and that there is little to be gained by running that crossbreed bull over angus cows. Running an angus bull over longhorn x watusi cows would be an improvement though.....and that's my "unexpert" opinion.
ALACOWMAN
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you'd get a better bang of ""what ever"" it is they have to offer, going with the cross bred moma straight bred bull... not really running the cross down,,, it just seems to be tying up any benefits from it
ohiosteve
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I can't even figure out how to send a reply let alone a picture yet but he is quite impressive at 2 yrs he's got a lot of size and one heck of a spread on him I'd say almost 4 ft with a real nice curve and very large diameter. Hes mostly white with a red back. He gets your attention for sure! Hopefully I'll figure out how to get some pictures of him up along the heifers he"s in with. I'm looking forward to some healthy vigorous calves hopefully with some good width to them but we'll see next spring!
Good grief Loin, you any kin to Doc Harris?
ALACOWMAN
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im sure he is impressive to look at,, most crossbred are, do to the heterosis.... but dont count on him being able to transfer any of his good traits to his calvesohiosteve":3d59x5fk said:
You're doing great with the computer skill ohiosteve. I'm not sure I could post a picture here either.
If you get the hang of it I'd really enjoy seeing your bull.
If you get the hang of it I'd really enjoy seeing your bull.
