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<blockquote data-quote="Dyann" data-source="post: 18609" data-attributes="member: 30"><p>You need to look at the whole picture as to cross breeding. Longhorn's average 99.8% unassisted births, heifers bred earlier, they have healthy calves even in their 20's.. If you cross breed a Longhorn to some other breed and that first year heifer has 0 problems giving birth, she will bred back faster. You will also have more healthy calves from those heifers. Case in point, (i have several but will share this one). My neighbor had a Charlois bull and that bull did a nice job, nice calves, etc. However, on the first year heifers, his losses due to birthing problems averaged about 12 calves and 8 mamas. (he told me this). The third year, he used one of my bulls for his first year heifers... no losses.. not one. He has used a LH bull ever since. How much $$$ did he lose, cuz his LH crosses were docked at the sale barn? none... How much money is lost when one loses 12 calves... how much money did he lose when he lost 8 mamas, how much did he lose in calves those animals may have produced had they lived? If you had 20 LH crosses at 500#, for example, and they sold at with a .20 dock, that would be $2000.00 less than if they had not been crossed with a LH .. this rancher lost 20 animals .. are the animals he lost, had they lived, worth more than $100.00 each? I think so.. his losses were greater in lost critters than the dock at the sale barn. </p><p></p><p>As to getting out of the fence, etc. "Most" LH breeders consider dispostiion in their breeding programs.. note I said "most". I have over 100 head.. had 2 bulls (young) in the 14 years I have been doing this that would not stay home.. they are long gone.. tasted real good too. While it is true they are protective, I have never been attacked by a mom with a new calf. Quite the contrary, I usually go see them the day they are born, weigh them and check the sex. Mom is right next to me.. no problem. I have no problem with coyotes or predators, and in the time I have raised Longhorns I have had $0 in vet costs for sick animals.. I have not had any sick animals. </p><p></p><p>I just thought I would try to add some perspective .....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dyann, post: 18609, member: 30"] You need to look at the whole picture as to cross breeding. Longhorn's average 99.8% unassisted births, heifers bred earlier, they have healthy calves even in their 20's.. If you cross breed a Longhorn to some other breed and that first year heifer has 0 problems giving birth, she will bred back faster. You will also have more healthy calves from those heifers. Case in point, (i have several but will share this one). My neighbor had a Charlois bull and that bull did a nice job, nice calves, etc. However, on the first year heifers, his losses due to birthing problems averaged about 12 calves and 8 mamas. (he told me this). The third year, he used one of my bulls for his first year heifers... no losses.. not one. He has used a LH bull ever since. How much $$$ did he lose, cuz his LH crosses were docked at the sale barn? none... How much money is lost when one loses 12 calves... how much money did he lose when he lost 8 mamas, how much did he lose in calves those animals may have produced had they lived? If you had 20 LH crosses at 500#, for example, and they sold at with a .20 dock, that would be $2000.00 less than if they had not been crossed with a LH .. this rancher lost 20 animals .. are the animals he lost, had they lived, worth more than $100.00 each? I think so.. his losses were greater in lost critters than the dock at the sale barn. As to getting out of the fence, etc. "Most" LH breeders consider dispostiion in their breeding programs.. note I said "most". I have over 100 head.. had 2 bulls (young) in the 14 years I have been doing this that would not stay home.. they are long gone.. tasted real good too. While it is true they are protective, I have never been attacked by a mom with a new calf. Quite the contrary, I usually go see them the day they are born, weigh them and check the sex. Mom is right next to me.. no problem. I have no problem with coyotes or predators, and in the time I have raised Longhorns I have had $0 in vet costs for sick animals.. I have not had any sick animals. I just thought I would try to add some perspective ..... [/QUOTE]
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