slick4591
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Next time I catch him near the fence I'll snap a picture. The calves will be aways off.
slick4591":hld2us7u said:OakCreekRanch":hld2us7u said:Would you considering a F1 smokey (Charolais x Angus) bull as a herdsire? I saw one for the sale on Craigslist and he looks good.
I noticed one (or what looks like one) showed up in a guys pasture a couple months ago. He's using him on Longhorn and LH crosses. I though it was a weird combination but we'll see what the calves look like later on.
There's a couple of farms that have baldy bulls in with Angus cows around here.
I'm no genetic guru, but what colors on the calves will you expecting from this mating?slick4591":3dihmq95 said:Next time I catch him near the fence I'll snap a picture. The calves will be aways off.
Angus Cowman":2o582nxg said:slick4591":2o582nxg said:OakCreekRanch":2o582nxg said:Would you considering a F1 smokey (Charolais x Angus) bull as a herdsire? I saw one for the sale on Craigslist and he looks good.
I noticed one (or what looks like one) showed up in a guys pasture a couple months ago. He's using him on Longhorn and LH crosses. I though it was a weird combination but we'll see what the calves look like later on.
There's a couple of farms that have baldy bulls in with Angus cows around here.
Areyou sure they aren't sim-angus bulls you will see lots of sim angus that are baldies
Angus Cowman":u5se0w07 said:Areyou sure they aren't sim-angus bulls you will see lots of sim angus that are baldies
What would be the point?Limomike":1ybmyafd said:Have any of you known anyone to use a composite bull (black baldy for instance) on a cross bred herd of cows and do any good?
I was asked that question the other day, about my own herd, and I just told them I have only used full blood bulls, and have never considered using any other. Made me wonder though.
Engler":d3g6onqe said:I can see three advantages to using a cross bull,
1) as a cross they should have more get libido I would think. With this you could have a tighter calving window and/or need fewer bulls for the same number of cows.
2) if you had a rainbow herd they could give the calves more uniformity. I know that this seems backwards, but as it was explained to me if you have a Simangus bull (for example) you know that every calf will be at least 1/4 british and at least 1/4 exotic.
3) if you had a herd of Herf cows (example) that needed a shot more milk, but a PB Gel would make half blood daughters that wouldn't hold up because of too much milk and not breed back. You could make some 1/4 Gel/3/4 Herf cows using what you already have.
I view a stablized composite (BM, Gert, etc) as more of a breed so comparing them to an F1 or unplaned or unorganized cross is an apples and oranges conversation to me.
I would think that a Corriente bull do better than Gelbvieh, just saying.HOSS":1bhodyu0 said:Engler":1bhodyu0 said:I can see three advantages to using a cross bull,
1) as a cross they should have more get libido I would think. With this you could have a tighter calving window and/or need fewer bulls for the same number of cows.
2) if you had a rainbow herd they could give the calves more uniformity. I know that this seems backwards, but as it was explained to me if you have a Simangus bull (for example) you know that every calf will be at least 1/4 british and at least 1/4 exotic.
3) if you had a herd of Herf cows (example) that needed a shot more milk, but a PB Gel would make half blood daughters that wouldn't hold up because of too much milk and not breed back. You could make some 1/4 Gel/3/4 Herf cows using what you already have.
I view a stablized composite (BM, Gert, etc) as more of a breed so comparing them to an F1 or unplaned or unorganized cross is an apples and oranges conversation to me.
Try a Gelbvieh bull.........they will give a Jersey bull a run for his money as far as libido goes. No female within 3 miles is safe from a Gelb bull :lol2:
I would think that a Corriente bull do better than Gelbvieh, just saying.[/quote][/quote]Try a Gelbvieh bull.........they will give a Jersey bull a run for his money as far as libido goes. No female within 3 miles is safe from a Gelb bull :lol2:
3waycross":3fg19uvl said:I would think that a Corriente bull do better than Gelbvieh, just saying.[/quote]Try a Gelbvieh bull.........they will give a Jersey bull a run for his money as far as libido goes. No female within 3 miles is safe from a Gelb bull :lol2:
:???: I think you must be talking about Oakcreekfarms....and no I wouldn't promote the corriente bull as a beef bull. I'm just saying that the corriente bull will find every female he can smell many miles away and bred them before their bull does. Darn good escapists.[/quote]OakCreekRanch":2meegchx said:3waycross":2meegchx said:I would think that a Corriente bull do better than Gelbvieh, just saying.[/quote]Try a Gelbvieh bull.........they will give a Jersey bull a run for his money as far as libido goes. No female within 3 miles is safe from a Gelb bull :lol2:
The rest of us are just as proud of our breeds and our cows as you are. Oakcreekfarms. I can't remember ever a time when any of us Gelbvieh fellas or gals got on here and compared a herf to anything bad. Especially a Corriente. So how about a little respect for the rest of us.
I actually went back to see if i or any of the other GV breeders had flamed you or your cattle and all i could find was where i told you i liked one of your heifers.