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<blockquote data-quote="Anonymous" data-source="post: 5148"><p>I think you made the right choice buying the red cows considering the price spread. The red cows, assuming they do have a high percentage of Red Angus blood, may also be able to tolerate the hot, humid summer days a little better than black cows.</p><p></p><p>In the future you may want to consider using a homozygous black Gelbvieh or Simmental bull on those cows. You'll still get black calves, plus you'll get calves that grow quicker, produce a higher yielding carcass, and some wonderful replacement heifers that should make fine mommas.</p><p></p><p>If you're not ready to switch to a purebred Gelbvieh or Simmental bull, you may want to consider a half Angus/half Gelbvieh or half Angus/half Simmental hybrid bull. You'll still get some of the hybrid vigor and leaner carcass, but you won't sacrifice as much marbling.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 5148"] I think you made the right choice buying the red cows considering the price spread. The red cows, assuming they do have a high percentage of Red Angus blood, may also be able to tolerate the hot, humid summer days a little better than black cows. In the future you may want to consider using a homozygous black Gelbvieh or Simmental bull on those cows. You'll still get black calves, plus you'll get calves that grow quicker, produce a higher yielding carcass, and some wonderful replacement heifers that should make fine mommas. If you're not ready to switch to a purebred Gelbvieh or Simmental bull, you may want to consider a half Angus/half Gelbvieh or half Angus/half Simmental hybrid bull. You'll still get some of the hybrid vigor and leaner carcass, but you won't sacrifice as much marbling. [/QUOTE]
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