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<blockquote data-quote="Dyann" data-source="post: 7503" data-attributes="member: 30"><p>I sell about 15 Longhorn bulls every year to non-Longhorn breeders. This year I had a repeat customer, who brought two friends with him.. they each bought a bull too. I do strive to produce solid black Longhorns, and have up to 4 generations of black... that does not mean 100% black, as Longhorns will be longhorns, but for the most part they produce black. I sell to mostly Angus breeders and Brangus breeders. They use the Longhorn bulls on their first year heifers, then sell the calves, and reuse the bull on the next generation of heifers. There are some real advantages to it. Generally, if you breed a longhorn to a polled breed, you will not get any horns either.</p><p></p><p>As to breeding a non-longhorn bull to a longhorn cow.. probably not many probelms. There was a study done in the 90's where they did an embryo transfer of a full blood gelbeivh into a longhorn cow. She gave unassisted birth to a healthy 115 pound calf... The longhorn cow is built to have calves. The hip bones slope off at the rear, making gravity work for them at calving time. This means less stress on both mama and the calf, more live calves and a quicker breed back time. A longhorn will also pass some of the disease resistance to their offspring as well. There is a natural resistance to foot rot, pink eye, tick borne diseases and other commons ailments.</p><p></p><p>What is comes down to is choice.. all breeds have their characteritics.. but I am not sure how many people realize that longhorns are not the scrawny, crazy animals of over 100 years ago. I am not sure how many good business decisions are made with 100 + year old information. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dyann, post: 7503, member: 30"] I sell about 15 Longhorn bulls every year to non-Longhorn breeders. This year I had a repeat customer, who brought two friends with him.. they each bought a bull too. I do strive to produce solid black Longhorns, and have up to 4 generations of black... that does not mean 100% black, as Longhorns will be longhorns, but for the most part they produce black. I sell to mostly Angus breeders and Brangus breeders. They use the Longhorn bulls on their first year heifers, then sell the calves, and reuse the bull on the next generation of heifers. There are some real advantages to it. Generally, if you breed a longhorn to a polled breed, you will not get any horns either. As to breeding a non-longhorn bull to a longhorn cow.. probably not many probelms. There was a study done in the 90's where they did an embryo transfer of a full blood gelbeivh into a longhorn cow. She gave unassisted birth to a healthy 115 pound calf... The longhorn cow is built to have calves. The hip bones slope off at the rear, making gravity work for them at calving time. This means less stress on both mama and the calf, more live calves and a quicker breed back time. A longhorn will also pass some of the disease resistance to their offspring as well. There is a natural resistance to foot rot, pink eye, tick borne diseases and other commons ailments. What is comes down to is choice.. all breeds have their characteritics.. but I am not sure how many people realize that longhorns are not the scrawny, crazy animals of over 100 years ago. I am not sure how many good business decisions are made with 100 + year old information. :-) [/QUOTE]
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