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endebt":2hvrsjhi said:Had Herford in the 60'S . Then went in the service . Findly in the 80'sgot back to Red and Black Angus in Nevada. In the 90's went to Beefmaster in Texas and a big mistake. In the late 90's back to black angus and quit having calving trouble and trouble with bulls fighting. CB still need some rain any you have extra i will take and pay for. Gooo luck to all
Over the years I have retained quite a few heifers. We crossed the brahman bulls on small, short Angus cows back in the fifties trying to get some size, weight, milk, etc. Those heifers were retained and crossed back to Angus.KenB":309jvmip said:mbdear":309jvmip said:In order of use over the years as I recall:
Angus
Red Brahman
Santa Gertrudis
Beefmaster
Angus
Grey Brahman
Longhorn
:?: Do you retain heifers?
mbdear":7i0usmva said:Over the years I have retained quite a few heifers. We crossed the brahman bulls on small, short Angus cows back in the fifties trying to get some size, weight, milk, etc. Those heifers were retained and crossed back to Angus.KenB":7i0usmva said:mbdear":7i0usmva said:In order of use over the years as I recall:
Angus
Red Brahman
Santa Gertrudis
Beefmaster
Angus
Grey Brahman
Longhorn
:?: Do you retain heifers?
During the sixties, we ventured off into trying Santa Gertrudis That foray did not last very long. They seemed to have a problem with fertility and maintaining condition (moving from strong grass country to East Texas didn't help any.
The beefmasters took up most of the seventies and have been gone for years.
All of our fullblood brahman herd is made up of retained heifers. Several years ago during a drought I bought a few registered older, bred brahman cows out of a herd in South Texas with the intent of putting a Horned Herford bull on them for tiger stripes. I enjoyed being around the fullblood calves so much that I couldn't bring myself to crossing them up. Last year I put a registered Angus with the brahman herd. He lived a pampered life prior to my getting him and he is having a hard time acquiring the ability to thrive under the conditions of his new home (good supply of tender, green grass and free choice minerals) so the calves are still fullbloods. I toyed with the idea of selling all of the brahmans (mainly because of my age) but when I walk through the herd I can recall several of the cows mommas and grandmommas and the calves they have raised. They meet me at the gate when its time to move. Any disposition problems have long since been culled. Sheaths are still a problem but I'm working on that.
The longhorns are here because I enjoy being around them. They are easy to tell apart. They are very laid back, easy to work cattle. Those that wont wean a good calf wont stay around long.
Hope this clears things up...I figured you thought that the herd was probably 1/2 longhorn, 1/4 grey brahman, 1/8 beefmaster, 1/16 Santa Gertrudis, 1/32 Red Brahman, and finally 1/64 angus
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