talldog
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Some of you that have knowledge of this breed, please tell us about them.
nope dont matter if you raise em from a calf or not they got their own personality,, plus their intelligent as heck .gotta be handled different in the pens, but mine was gentle as pups in the pastureblackgloves":1gux9yes said:They deal with heat probably better than any other breed. And because of that people love to cross Brahman with other breeds
They are very tall. From my experiences they love to jump fences and fight other bulls. They can be hard cattle to work in pens because they're typically mean as be nice. Ive seen Brahmans in auction rings stay in the ring for about 3-5 mins because they would charge anything that moved and didn't wanna do what the hands were trying to make them do
I for one would only own a brahman bull if I got a chance to raise him up from a young calf.
Fellow down the road has some cows for sale-- Some full--some breed to a Angus bull.farmwriter":31h0fuvr said:A guy near me raises them and his are some of the sweetest aniamls you'll ever see. In my part of the world at least, they seem less attractive to insects than most of the more traditional beef breeds. They do make great x-breed to increase heat tolerance, but in some areas, the brahman crosses get docked at the sale barn. As others have said, they are slower maturing, bulls take longer to reach good breading age in many cases, their beef doesn't have the best reputation, and they are often considered wild or hard to handle. But, big generalizations like that about any breed are specious in my book. Is there a breeder in your area you could visit?
alot of that bad rep came from cattleman who had raised british breeds for ever , and didnt know how too handle em,, ive known a few that would shoot one if they set foot on their place after owning emfarmwriter":ps99g11c said:A guy near me raises them and his are some of the sweetest aniamls you'll ever see. In my part of the world at least, they seem less attractive to insects than most of the more traditional beef breeds. They do make great x-breed to increase heat tolerance, but in some areas, the brahman crosses get docked at the sale barn. As others have said, they are slower maturing, bulls take longer to reach good breading age in many cases, their beef doesn't have the best reputation, and they are often considered wild or hard to handle. But, big generalizations like that about any breed are specious in my book. Is there a breeder in your area you could visit?
Might be a good idea to visit if you're thinking of buying. See if he'll let u walk out in the pasture with them - might be a good way to gague temperment for yourself.talldog":9aqgpvcl said:Fellow down the road has some cows for sale-- Some full--some breed to a Angus bull.
farmwriter":2otmhcyl said:Might be a good idea to visit if you're thinking of buying. See if he'll let u walk out in the pasture with them - might be a good way to gague temperment for yourself.talldog":2otmhcyl said:Fellow down the road has some cows for sale-- Some full--some breed to a Angus bull.
Agreed. I made the assumption these were the cattle that would be a possible purchase. Talldog didn't say that though, so not sure why I jumped to that conclusion.TexasBred":1a24lpno said:Visit a top notch brahman operation, not some guy who just happens to own a few. Very true, you have to handle them differently, stay calm, work slow and respect them. More times than not they are a pretty good reflection of their owner. ;-)
This is not my experiences with them at all.and so you know I am not new at this my family has had brahman and brahman cross for at least 80 yearsblackgloves":1tl20c1z said:They are very tall. From my experiences they love to jump fences and fight other bulls. They can be hard cattle to work in pens because they're typically mean as fire. Ive seen Brahmans in auction rings stay in the ring for about 3-5 mins because they would charge anything that moved and didn't wanna do what the hands were trying to make them do
You are exactly right. Soft gentle persuation even when you want to--You know.talldog":2kw7lcxy said:Hey Novatech---They sorta sound like my Wife !!! :banana:
Amennovatech":kktmi9ef said:You are exactly right. Soft gentle persuation even when you want to--You know.talldog":kktmi9ef said:Hey Novatech---They sorta sound like my Wife !!! :banana:
And just like a wife they can remember everything you have done wrong and are just about as fogiving.