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<blockquote data-quote="Warren Allison" data-source="post: 1649166" data-attributes="member: 40587"><p>Some of the best brood cows I ever had, are some I would have never sought out to buy.. I just got them on some trades. About '94 or so, I met this man when he called about a Mammoth Jack I had for sale. He had Belgians and Percherons, and was into draft horse competitions, and wanted to raise some draft mules. When I delivered the jack, he had this pair of oxen, half Holstein and half Chianina, that I swear stood 17 hds easy at the top of their shoulder! He hauled these to the draft horse pulls., too. Evidently, they have classes for oxen at these shows, too. He kept 5-6 Holstein cows that he AI'ed to a Chianina bull every year, and 6 registered Chianina cows he bred to a Holstein bull every year, to get these steers he could raise to be competition oxen, or sell to others that competed. That first year I met him, and every year til 2009, except 2, I would get his heifers from this cross. They would just look like giant Holsteins when they grew up, same black & white color and patterns that Holsteins had, just a little beefier. I would breed these heifers to an Angus bull 1st time, and Brangus bulls the rest of the time, and always got black, polled claves. Once or twice a heifer had some white on their udder, and a calf or two had a white foot or maybe a star. The steers did well at the sale, as good as Angus or black baldie steers did, just a LOT bigger at weaning. And the heifers sold well as as replacements. Or, sometimes I'd sell then as a pair with their first calves, which were sired by Angus or Brangus. These Hol-Chi cross cows were very heat and insect resistant, and would eat all summer in the middle of the day. They were excellent mommas, and of course, had plenty of milk. The cows didn't sell so well however, when it became time to do so. they'd bring about what any older. milked -out Holstein cow would bring. Never had a one of them have any trouble calving, and never had one get sick.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Warren Allison, post: 1649166, member: 40587"] Some of the best brood cows I ever had, are some I would have never sought out to buy.. I just got them on some trades. About '94 or so, I met this man when he called about a Mammoth Jack I had for sale. He had Belgians and Percherons, and was into draft horse competitions, and wanted to raise some draft mules. When I delivered the jack, he had this pair of oxen, half Holstein and half Chianina, that I swear stood 17 hds easy at the top of their shoulder! He hauled these to the draft horse pulls., too. Evidently, they have classes for oxen at these shows, too. He kept 5-6 Holstein cows that he AI'ed to a Chianina bull every year, and 6 registered Chianina cows he bred to a Holstein bull every year, to get these steers he could raise to be competition oxen, or sell to others that competed. That first year I met him, and every year til 2009, except 2, I would get his heifers from this cross. They would just look like giant Holsteins when they grew up, same black & white color and patterns that Holsteins had, just a little beefier. I would breed these heifers to an Angus bull 1st time, and Brangus bulls the rest of the time, and always got black, polled claves. Once or twice a heifer had some white on their udder, and a calf or two had a white foot or maybe a star. The steers did well at the sale, as good as Angus or black baldie steers did, just a LOT bigger at weaning. And the heifers sold well as as replacements. Or, sometimes I'd sell then as a pair with their first calves, which were sired by Angus or Brangus. These Hol-Chi cross cows were very heat and insect resistant, and would eat all summer in the middle of the day. They were excellent mommas, and of course, had plenty of milk. The cows didn't sell so well however, when it became time to do so. they'd bring about what any older. milked -out Holstein cow would bring. Never had a one of them have any trouble calving, and never had one get sick. [/QUOTE]
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