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<blockquote data-quote="Jeanne - Simme Valley" data-source="post: 71496" data-attributes="member: 968"><p>I'll jump in here. Chi's were really hot back in the 70's. We had some crosses. Trust me, even 1/2 bloods are a handfull. No matter what field they were in, if you were feeding - that's where they were. And we didn't run 1 strand electric fence back then (in Kansas). We had woven wire & barb wire (terrible fence by the way!). </p><p>They started getting popular with the clubby market, because of the super long clean front end (and heigth back then). Still show up in the clubbies but usually only 1/8 to maybe 1/4 (or less).</p><p>Now, if you want big <strong>or</strong> moderate, you may try Simmental. They come in all colors & sizes to fit any environment.</p><p>Here in the East, we can run bigger cattle because we have SO much grass - grows all season. My cows probably average 1650# (although I have a couple in the 1900# range). Ours used to be REALLY tall cows, but we have moderated our heigth, most of them are 6 - 7 frame size. Through our breeding program we have been cutting off their legs (so to speak) and trying to keep the length & body size.</p><p>You can see a few on my web page.</p><p><a href="http://www.SimmeValley.com" target="_blank">http://www.SimmeValley.com</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jeanne - Simme Valley, post: 71496, member: 968"] I'll jump in here. Chi's were really hot back in the 70's. We had some crosses. Trust me, even 1/2 bloods are a handfull. No matter what field they were in, if you were feeding - that's where they were. And we didn't run 1 strand electric fence back then (in Kansas). We had woven wire & barb wire (terrible fence by the way!). They started getting popular with the clubby market, because of the super long clean front end (and heigth back then). Still show up in the clubbies but usually only 1/8 to maybe 1/4 (or less). Now, if you want big [b]or[/b] moderate, you may try Simmental. They come in all colors & sizes to fit any environment. Here in the East, we can run bigger cattle because we have SO much grass - grows all season. My cows probably average 1650# (although I have a couple in the 1900# range). Ours used to be REALLY tall cows, but we have moderated our heigth, most of them are 6 - 7 frame size. Through our breeding program we have been cutting off their legs (so to speak) and trying to keep the length & body size. You can see a few on my web page. [url=http://www.SimmeValley.com]http://www.SimmeValley.com[/url] [/QUOTE]
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