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<blockquote data-quote="Oldtimer" data-source="post: 7816" data-attributes="member: 97"><p>The only fault I see with using a Longhorn bull is -where are you going to sell the calves? They are definitely easy calving and they do have vigor, but so do many angus calves- Several of my neighbors and friends decided a few years ago to have a easy calving year and AI'ed all their heifers to Longhorn. Then come fall and shipping time, the buyers cut back all the longhorn calves. Calves were all lighter in weight, but still docked about $.20 lb.</p><p></p><p>A couple years ago I wintered about 300 head- 50 of which were longhorns- The longhorns were the best rustlers, out grazing when the others were waiting for a hay bale, but they were also the ones that used their horns to rip out the fences around the haystack, when they couldn't jump it- and visiting all the neighbors pastures. They also were the ones you had to dog to get out of the brush when gathering them.</p><p></p><p>One thing I will say is that they were easy calvers, good mothers and no coyote ( or person ) was going to get past those horns to get to their calf.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Oldtimer, post: 7816, member: 97"] The only fault I see with using a Longhorn bull is -where are you going to sell the calves? They are definitely easy calving and they do have vigor, but so do many angus calves- Several of my neighbors and friends decided a few years ago to have a easy calving year and AI'ed all their heifers to Longhorn. Then come fall and shipping time, the buyers cut back all the longhorn calves. Calves were all lighter in weight, but still docked about $.20 lb. A couple years ago I wintered about 300 head- 50 of which were longhorns- The longhorns were the best rustlers, out grazing when the others were waiting for a hay bale, but they were also the ones that used their horns to rip out the fences around the haystack, when they couldn't jump it- and visiting all the neighbors pastures. They also were the ones you had to dog to get out of the brush when gathering them. One thing I will say is that they were easy calvers, good mothers and no coyote ( or person ) was going to get past those horns to get to their calf. [/QUOTE]
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