I am looking to purchase 20 shorthorn heifers out of Roll, OK. The sires of these heifers are Stout Counter Point and a son of Captain Obvious. Has anyone had any experience with the shorthorn x charolais cross calves? Will all the calves be white?
MF135":1wdppsga said:I am looking to purchase 20 shorthorn heifers out of Roll, OK. The sires of these heifers are Stout Counter Point and a son of Captain Obvious. Has anyone had any experience with the shorthorn x charolais cross calves? Will all the calves be white?
Do you mean Roff Ok? Just curious.MF135":3gb2fhtf said:I am looking to purchase 20 shorthorn heifers out of Roll, OK. The sires of these heifers are Stout Counter Point and a son of Captain Obvious. Has anyone had any experience with the shorthorn x charolais cross calves? Will all the calves be white?
No, Roll, Oklahoma. They are your state Congressman Frank Lucas' shorthorn heifers.Isomade":1ri9wbwp said:Do you mean Roff Ok? Just curious.MF135":1ri9wbwp said:I am looking to purchase 20 shorthorn heifers out of Roll, OK. The sires of these heifers are Stout Counter Point and a son of Captain Obvious. Has anyone had any experience with the shorthorn x charolais cross calves? Will all the calves be white?
MF135":1brbr9me said:No, Roll, Oklahoma. They are your state Congressman Frank Lucas' shorthorn heifers.
What I meant to ask was will all the calves be a diluter color and not roan or spotted. I feel I can get these cattle at a discount(imo) to what other breeds' registered heifers would bring because of their spots. I'm hoping the charolais will throw solids as roans/spotteds get docked pretty bad around here.
Susie Q,susie q":ouhbwjjb said:I own Captain Obvious, I have emailed with the breeders a few times over the yrs. I cannot speak for the Stout Commander bull - but CO is linebred solid red for a few generations.
If I am not mistaken the son Lucas's used is out of a cujo daughter and there is some red with white markings in that pedigree.
I bet you'll get yellow or honey colored calves, possibly with some white patches if some of the daughters were red and white. I have a char X COXRA calf due in the spring??
Would love to hear how the CO granddaugthers are doing - I can provide as much information as you need. Feel free to email me - [email protected]
Reds":1kvvires said:Use a good calving ease Red Angus bull and you will have solid colored calves (Durham Reds). The heifers and steers will both sell well.
3waycross":xbj86l28 said:Reds":xbj86l28 said:Use a good calving ease Red Angus bull and you will have solid colored calves (Durham Reds). The heifers and steers will both sell well.
Not necessarily. Unless the SH cows are solid red and sometimes even then you will still get some paints, and roans out of a RA bull. I KNOW this to be true I have been watching it happen in my buddies cowherd for going on 4 years now. It's darned near impossible to knock the chrome off a shorthorn.
3waycross":1fm33ezr said:Reds":1fm33ezr said:Use a good calving ease Red Angus bull and you will have solid colored calves (Durham Reds). The heifers and steers will both sell well.
Not necessarily. Unless the SH cows are solid red and sometimes even then you will still get some paints, and roans out of a RA bull. I KNOW this to be true I have been watching it happen in my buddies cowherd for going on 4 years now. It's darned near impossible to knock the chrome off a shorthorn.
3waycross":ikjds96d said:It's darned near impossible to knock the chrome off a shorthorn.