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<blockquote data-quote="rob2" data-source="post: 1076826" data-attributes="member: 20023"><p>I have run fullblood and purebred braunvieh cows and bulls since 2001. Still have a few of the original cows with 2013 fall calves by their side. Started out A.I. to Polled Plus and used a couple fullblood braunvieh bulls for clean-up. One was out of Swiss-Way Chinook, the other out of Mr. Beau. Later on bought a purebred Tony son and an Angus bull out of Strategy to use on replacement heifers. The last bull I used was a purebred braunvieh that you could use on anything with no worries. The braunvieh cows ran side by side with angus cows for the first 7 years, and I got a firsthand lesson over a 3 year period on performance of the calves from fullblood/purebred braunvieh to 1/2 bloods sired by both angus and braunvieh, to purebred angus. At weaning...1st place FB/PB braunvieh, 2nd place 1/2 blood, 3rd place PB angus. This was consistent for three calving seasons on the average for steers and heifers. I feed out most of the calves since they don't fare to well at the livestock auction, and save back heifers for replacements. </p><p>pros & cons: Birthweights can be a problem if you let it. Most people don't like to mess with the horns. It's hard to stomach the dock at the salebarn. Very minimal fly control required. Minimal bad eyes. Easy to handle (have had a few that were easy to sell). calves gain good in the feedlot and I've never had a complaint on the beef that I've sold over the last 10 years. Almost forgot, the 1/2 bloods were sold at auction. They were black hided and usually topped the sale for their weight.</p><p></p><p>rob2</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rob2, post: 1076826, member: 20023"] I have run fullblood and purebred braunvieh cows and bulls since 2001. Still have a few of the original cows with 2013 fall calves by their side. Started out A.I. to Polled Plus and used a couple fullblood braunvieh bulls for clean-up. One was out of Swiss-Way Chinook, the other out of Mr. Beau. Later on bought a purebred Tony son and an Angus bull out of Strategy to use on replacement heifers. The last bull I used was a purebred braunvieh that you could use on anything with no worries. The braunvieh cows ran side by side with angus cows for the first 7 years, and I got a firsthand lesson over a 3 year period on performance of the calves from fullblood/purebred braunvieh to 1/2 bloods sired by both angus and braunvieh, to purebred angus. At weaning...1st place FB/PB braunvieh, 2nd place 1/2 blood, 3rd place PB angus. This was consistent for three calving seasons on the average for steers and heifers. I feed out most of the calves since they don't fare to well at the livestock auction, and save back heifers for replacements. pros & cons: Birthweights can be a problem if you let it. Most people don't like to mess with the horns. It's hard to stomach the dock at the salebarn. Very minimal fly control required. Minimal bad eyes. Easy to handle (have had a few that were easy to sell). calves gain good in the feedlot and I've never had a complaint on the beef that I've sold over the last 10 years. Almost forgot, the 1/2 bloods were sold at auction. They were black hided and usually topped the sale for their weight. rob2 [/QUOTE]
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