Ky hills
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I started a post like this last night, from what I gather it was lost in the upgrading process, which is understandable I am just glad it wasn't apparently deleted for being problematic.
I have been on a journey so to speak with my cowherd, trying to build and rebuild into what I am looking for in a set of cows. I am wondering what y'alls breed or crossbreed of choice is and why, as far as a maternal breed for a cowherd. I realize that there are a lot of folks on this forum with registered herds and their answers will be quite obvious, which is quite alright. I do however have a bit of a curve to throw for those scenarios, since we all likely have a breed of choice for a reason, I think it also fitting to acknowledge possible areas where improvements could be made within any breed.
I will start by saying my cow breed of choice is almost a tie between Hereford and Angus, with Hereford being my first preference. Herefords seem to work well for our management they are mostly docile and typically calve easily, are problem free, and milk well to wean off pretty nice sized calves. An are of concern that I have within my herd is consistency, it could just be individuals and different genetics, but even though I think the calves are good there is some major differences within calves. Case in point a particular cow has had three calves 2 by the same bull and the other bull used was similar frame, yet there was a wide range of frame size between those calves.
I have been on a journey so to speak with my cowherd, trying to build and rebuild into what I am looking for in a set of cows. I am wondering what y'alls breed or crossbreed of choice is and why, as far as a maternal breed for a cowherd. I realize that there are a lot of folks on this forum with registered herds and their answers will be quite obvious, which is quite alright. I do however have a bit of a curve to throw for those scenarios, since we all likely have a breed of choice for a reason, I think it also fitting to acknowledge possible areas where improvements could be made within any breed.
I will start by saying my cow breed of choice is almost a tie between Hereford and Angus, with Hereford being my first preference. Herefords seem to work well for our management they are mostly docile and typically calve easily, are problem free, and milk well to wean off pretty nice sized calves. An are of concern that I have within my herd is consistency, it could just be individuals and different genetics, but even though I think the calves are good there is some major differences within calves. Case in point a particular cow has had three calves 2 by the same bull and the other bull used was similar frame, yet there was a wide range of frame size between those calves.