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There is a North Devon breeder near me who has crossed them over quite a variety of Hereford crosses, including Angus/Shorthorn and Fresian, all produced great looking calves which finished well under local conditions on pasture.
 
I still use south Devon on our cows-we did use them as part of a three breed rotation but were having trouble finding bulls that were consistant enough in regards to udder quality. I even have a purebred south devon cow from a Leachman Devonaire daughter we flushed to Murray Brown's l-7 461Z she is a 'G' model and as good a cow of any breed I have owned. Now we use South Devon more as a terminal cross on cows that I wouldn't keep heifers from-the steers feed very well.
 
I actually have a good bank on two bulls-any fullblood English cattle I have seen were quite frankly too unsound for me. I might flush the 461Z daughter to our Prairie Granite 112G bull and raise what bulls I need from there. The 112G bull had great feet and was a cat out breeding he bred 80 cows as a yearling at the guy I owned him with and ours. We are careful on how they are used and they are still working ok-just not bulls you can use across a herd with impunity.
 
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South Devon steer out of a baldy cow
 
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The old 461Z daughter
 
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Here's one out of the old 461Z bull and a baldy cow
 
Steers are just a byproduct at our place we really try and do a good job of making replacement females. I had some very good heifermates to these steers but had a few that weren't quite what I like. Maybe I have to be a bit more careful as to what i breed them to-the 461Z bull needs to be protected on the udderside-the Prairie Granite bull improves feet but they can be flighty-he'd work best on straight Hereford cows I would think.
 
Northern Rancher":14bon7yc said:
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Here's one out of the old 461Z bull and a baldy cow

NR all I can say is :clap: :tiphat:
 
Highland feeders at Vegreville,Alberta has fed for us for years. They take pretty good care of a small customer like myself and great care of the cattle. I haven't fed anything since this little deal I got going with the tumours-we had to sell down our cows but I really like retaining ownership of our calves. My son ty has leased some cows from me and as we transition the herd I am sure we'll get back into it.
 

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