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[Texas Ranch Man]

F-1s for sure, either Brangus or Tigerstripes.

 

[Stocker Steve]

It is hard to beleive we have Brahma blood in Minnesota. I have seen one calf with ear this year - - a rodeo bucking bull must have gotten out...

 

[CowpokeJ]

A little ear is good for you.

 

[Stocker Steve]

That depends on the time of year. We see a lot of calves with froze off ears or tails.

 

[Proverbs 12:10]

Get you some cheap longhorn cows and put the charolais bull on them. You'll get cream colored calves, hardiness, good maternal, efficient foragers, lots of beef, and NO HORNS if the bull is homogenous polled.

Yeah, but aren't you going to take a hit at the sale cause you are going to get some spots, I've got two longhorn cross now, and the babies look like charolais cross with longhorn spots. The babies picked up most of the charolais traits.

Roughly 90% of the ones I've crossed are solid cream...on the other I've used different bulls so maybe the color was not homogenous.

 

[CowpokeJ]

Get you some cheap longhorn cows and put the charolais bull on them. You'll get cream colored calves, hardiness, good maternal, efficient foragers, lots of beef, and NO HORNS if the bull is homogenous polled.

Yeah, but aren't you going to take a hit at the sale cause you are going to get some spots, I've got two longhorn cross now, and the babies look like charolais cross with longhorn spots. The babies picked up most of the charolais traits.

Roughly 90% of the ones I've crossed are solid cream...on the other I've used different bulls so maybe the color was not homogenous.

Here is a Charolaisx longhorn mom. See spot. See spot run. Run spot run. He's approx 2mos. Now, I did have one with yellow spots that weighed 580 and brought 1.10.

 

[CowpokeJ]

Where did you go Proverbs?

 

[Proverbs 12:10]

Where did you go Proverbs?

I'm here...some of the charolais bulls are not homogenous in polled or color and you will get some spots or sometimes horns in the calves.

 

[farmwife]

Get you some cheap longhorn cows and put the charolais bull on them. You'll get cream colored calves, hardiness, good maternal, efficient foragers, lots of beef, and NO HORNS if the bull is homogenous polled.

I think it's homozygous polled, and there is always a chance to get horns: 1:16 chance

 

[Proverbs 12:10]

Your are correct farmwife...it's homozygous...I was never accused of being an english major. I will by AIing most of our longhorns with the charolais bull Baldridge Kojack this year and I'll post pics as they hit the ground.

 

[CowpokeJ]

I'd be interested in seeing those. How well do longhorns typically milk?

 

[Ryan]

I'd be interested in seeing those. How well do longhorns typically milk?

Typically they milk good, and have good udder structure. Although there are some out there with poor structure or low milk production.

 

[Beefy]

this cow is beefmaster x charolais and the calf is beefmaster sired.

 

[Proverbs 12:10]

I'd be interested in seeing those. How well do longhorns typically milk?

I'd say mine are about average and most have tight bags. The only problem I've had is teat size which on a few are too large.

 

[CowpokeJ]

So, you are running a Beefmaster bull beefy?

 

[Beefy]

he does most of the running. i just ride around and watch mostly.

i have used charolais bulls on the beefmaster cows in the past.