Brahman x Holstein Pictures

[Spotted Brahma]

5 year old cow

Red Brahman bull and Red Brahman x Holstein heifer bottle babies

3/4 Brahman 1/4 Holstein heifer

Brahman x Holstein heifer bottle baby

 

[kenny thomas]

I like the pics and kinda like the idea of the cross. Bet they grow a good calf.

 

[A.J.]

I bet your cows out of that cross are some real calf raisers. They could probably handle two calves easy. The Brahmans I have been around typically are good milkers and add the Holstein on top of that. I like the way the 3/4 heifer is marked up. Purty.

 

[circlebllc]

Beauty must be in the eye of the beholder. Sorry, they just look funny to me. Should be calve raising machines though. Would be really hard to sell here.

 

[piedmontese]

i like the looks of them,especially the 3/4 but i agree with circlebllc that they wouldnt bring much n my parts.

 

[Spotted Brahma]

Thanks for the compliments folks, and yes they are tremendous calf raisers. I am just in the beginning stages of building a herd of these. I have some Holstein heifers and a Gir bull that I'm going to cross as well. I'm not too worried about being docked because theres a market for cattle like this down here, you just have to know where the people with similar interests are. Advertising in the right channels is key.

 

[bcarty]

If you took some of those red babies and crossed them with a red or black angus bull you would really have something, and you wouldnt get docked at the barn as bad. Now if you have a niche market down there then I say get after it cuz they will be some calf raisers.

 

[ALACOWMAN]

dont think they have a niche market,,more like a necessity

 

[piedmontese]

i understand the holstein x brahma but y would u want to add gir n there?

 

[Spotted Brahma]

Because I want the calves to come out speckled like the cow in the first pic.

 

[B&M Farms]

There used to be alot of brahma holstien crosses around here when I was a teenager. They made great cows although a few would have bag problems. You would get docked on steers here now. Although the heifers would make some good cows bred to a terminal bull.

 

[cathill]

Wish you were closer! I love this type of cow. I have one American Brahman type cow and one Indo type cow. I'd love to fine a good, colorful Gir bull for my cows.

Here is Rose, she's a big ole girl, around 1400 pounds.

 

[ANAZAZI]

Looks like a Gyr cow to me. Beautiful!

 

[TexasBred]

Thanks for the compliments folks, and yes they are tremendous calf raisers. I am just in the beginning stages of building a herd of these. I have some Holstein heifers and a Gir bull that I'm going to cross as well. I'm not too worried about being docked because theres a market for cattle like this down here, you just have to know where the people with similar interests are. Advertising in the right channels is key.

This cross makes a pretty awesome mama cow. When we first went into the dairy business we ran brahman bulls with the cattle just because the calves were so valuable. Had a friend that actually milked about a hundred of them at his dairy.

 

[ALACOWMAN]

Wish you were closer! I love this type of cow. I have one American Brahman type cow and one Indo type cow. I'd love to fine a good, colorful Gir bull for my cows.

Here is Rose, she's a big ole girl, around 1400 pounds.

always like the eyes like that,, not white around them blowin' snot

 

[Taurus]

I just remember now, all Brahrams I seen in Minnesota were at dairy farms.

 

[ALACOWMAN]

I just remember now, all Brahrams I seen in Minnesota were at dairy farms.

musta been breeding em to sell in the south

 

[spinandslide]

Like these calves! See what you were talking about with my speckeled brangus..if you remember that thread abit of aways back?

 

[Taurus]

I just remember now, all Brahrams I seen in Minnesota were at dairy farms.

musta been breeding em to sell in the south

I usually seen one or two Brahman cows at these dairy farms I visited.

 

[cathill]

Alacowman,
I've only had her here a little over a week but she settled in quietly right off. She will join my American Brahman heifer and her first calf in another week or so. I like to keep them up long enough for them to know where home is and who I am. I had not considered a Holstein cross for her but they sure make nice looking calves.

Here is my American type Brahman, she's snow white in the summer but puts on a pretty good coat in the winter that's dark grey. Here is Babe and her calf.

I really like this calf but would love to find a Gyr or Indo type bull for these cows at some point.