ALACOWMAN
Well-known member
ive shown this before....but.....http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZvFOXt1v84
JWBrahman":1531nds4 said:No other breed can compete in the swampy, humidity and heat of the gulf coast. Brahman thrive on pasture where an Angus will drop dead.
James T":2n29rxsd said:JWBrahman":2n29rxsd said:No other breed can compete in the swampy, humidity and heat of the gulf coast. Brahman thrive on pasture where an Angus will drop dead.
Bingo! And that's why they are in such demand for crossing. I know a source for some old V-8 semen, just need to find some decent Hereford around here.
TexasBred":1tz014as said:James T":1tz014as said:JWBrahman":1tz014as said:No other breed can compete in the swampy, humidity and heat of the gulf coast. Brahman thrive on pasture where an Angus will drop dead.
Bingo! And that's why they are in such demand for crossing. I know a source for some old V-8 semen, just need to find some decent Hereford around here.
Don't know where you are in Central Texas but here's a pretty good hereford operation.
http://www.w4ranch.com/
TexasBred":3gso54l4 said:James T":3gso54l4 said:JWBrahman":3gso54l4 said:No other breed can compete in the swampy, humidity and heat of the gulf coast. Brahman thrive on pasture where an Angus will drop dead.
Bingo! And that's why they are in such demand for crossing. I know a source for some old V-8 semen, just need to find some decent Hereford around here.
Don't know where you are in Central Texas but here's a pretty good hereford operation.
http://www.w4ranch.com/
LauraleesFarm":1s8byvk8 said:There is nothing quite like them. You wouldn't understand understand until you owned them. Sometimes, its like they own YOU. After 2011 in Texas, I decided that the ones I would keep would have some ear.
During that drought I watched the Brahman cows reach way high into the trees like giraffes, eating leaves to survive. The English cows wouldn't get out of the pond.
And they absolutely do think differently than other cows. They seem to have a higher level of reasoning and memory.
TexasBred":3vlx3fi1 said:LauraleesFarm":3vlx3fi1 said:There is nothing quite like them. You wouldn't understand understand until you owned them. Sometimes, its like they own YOU. After 2011 in Texas, I decided that the ones I would keep would have some ear.
During that drought I watched the Brahman cows reach way high into the trees like giraffes, eating leaves to survive. The English cows wouldn't get out of the pond.
And they absolutely do think differently than other cows. They seem to have a higher level of reasoning and memory.
They're also easily turned into idiots if an idiot owns them. ;-)