Brangus bull on Hereford cows

[machslammer]

He's on a set of mostly angus cows now but thinking about switching and buying a set a Hereford cows.. results? Anyone producing that now that can post pictures of what calves look like? With the red Gene will you have some red calves.. ect? What's anyone experience with it? Thanks in advance

 

[Brute 23]

Brangus bull on hereford cows is an excellent combo. It will produce an very sought after black mott heifer and steer in a lot of areas.

 

[Brute 23]

 

[Warren Allison]

As long as your Brangus is homozygous for black, none of the calves will be red.

 

[Lee VanRoss]

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Shoudn't cost you more than $5. per cwt for the ears,,,

 

[machslammer]

This years calf crop ear set.. shouldn't cost me too much. These are 5-6 months old calves. Just didn't know on Herefords if the ear or leather would increase much. First picture is him. 2 yr old

 

[Brute 23]

Shoudn't cost you more than $5. per cwt for the ears,,,

I save way more than that not pampering non-eared cattle. Plus, the female sales more than cover it.

 

[Lazy M]

This years calf crop ear set.. shouldn't cost me too much. These are 5-6 months old calves. Just didn't know on Herefords if the ear or leather would increase much. First picture is him. 2 yr oldView attachment 14529View attachment 14528View attachment 14525View attachment 14526View attachment 14527

I don't believe I'd change a thing

 

[Gobbler'sKnob]

He's on a set of mostly angus cows now but thinking about switching and buying a set a Hereford cows.. results? Anyone producing that now that can post pictures of what calves look like? With the red Gene will you have some red calves.. ect? What's anyone experience with it? Thanks in advance

This is just my two cents and it's worth what ya paid for it, but anytime you toss red into the mix, even as a recessive gene, you will run a chance of throwing a few reds *but* if he's a real strong performer then 75% or better of your calves will probably be black in the places where it counts. I've had really good bulls throw blacks on everything from the usual contenders (angus and brangus) to brahma-jersey crosses and red simm crosses and even some char crosses. When it comes to genetics, we really cared most about docility, mothering, calving ease and fertility on the mothers and let a real champ of a bull take care of that hide.

 

[Warren Allison]

This is just my two cents and it's worth what ya paid for it, but anytime you toss red into the mix, even as a recessive gene, you will run a chance of throwing a few reds *

Can't, if the bull is homozygous for black.

 

[Gobbler'sKnob]

Can't, if the bull is homozygous for black.

True, though I don't pretend to know anyone's situation on bulls because that's a different story for everyone.

 

[Warren Allison]

This years calf crop ear set.. shouldn't cost me too much. These are 5-6 months old calves. Just didn't know on Herefords if the ear or leather would increase much. First picture is him. 2 yr oldView attachment 14529View attachment 14528View attachment 14525View attachment 14526View attachment 14527

Your Brangus bull on Hereford cows will look like the one in pic 4. I would not replace my Angus cows with red Herefords, though. The black baldy calves you'd get would bring as much as the solid blacks you'd get with your angus cows...or close to it... but the eye, foot and udder problems with Herefords just aren't worth the trouble. If you wanted black baldies with a little ear, I would do it the other way.....Hereford bull on Brangus cows.