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<blockquote data-quote="dun" data-source="post: 7506" data-attributes="member: 34"><p>A lot depends on the area. Around here they are nearly all scrawny and cow hooked to the point I'm surprised they can walk. I saw several LH Red Angus heifers at hte local 4H-FFA fair. The heifers all where aolid red and polled, and looked just like all the other LH in the area. You have to realize too, that the majority of the folks around here think that Angusx Holsteins are just marvelous animals and can't understand why they don't have more muscle.</p><p>All of the calving ease, maternal etc., traits that are caimed for LH exist in nearly every breed. With the proper heifer selection and using properly selected bulls from whatever breed you realize the same benefits. We haven't pulled a calf in our herd/s for somewhere around 30 years. I though we would have to last year because the cow only showed one put for almost an hour. She finally popped the other hoof and had the calf within 5 minutes, even with that termoil the calf was up and nursing , actaully looking to nurse, before the cow got to her feet. Straight bred Red Angus. Her calf as a heifer got us a bonus from the feedlot. Hard to beat those kinds of results. She had her 2nd calf 7 days less then a year from the first and if she calves on time this year it will be around 3 days erlier then last. No hormones, natural heats.</p><p></p><p>dun</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dun, post: 7506, member: 34"] A lot depends on the area. Around here they are nearly all scrawny and cow hooked to the point I'm surprised they can walk. I saw several LH Red Angus heifers at hte local 4H-FFA fair. The heifers all where aolid red and polled, and looked just like all the other LH in the area. You have to realize too, that the majority of the folks around here think that Angusx Holsteins are just marvelous animals and can't understand why they don't have more muscle. All of the calving ease, maternal etc., traits that are caimed for LH exist in nearly every breed. With the proper heifer selection and using properly selected bulls from whatever breed you realize the same benefits. We haven't pulled a calf in our herd/s for somewhere around 30 years. I though we would have to last year because the cow only showed one put for almost an hour. She finally popped the other hoof and had the calf within 5 minutes, even with that termoil the calf was up and nursing , actaully looking to nurse, before the cow got to her feet. Straight bred Red Angus. Her calf as a heifer got us a bonus from the feedlot. Hard to beat those kinds of results. She had her 2nd calf 7 days less then a year from the first and if she calves on time this year it will be around 3 days erlier then last. No hormones, natural heats. dun [/QUOTE]
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