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<blockquote data-quote="gcreekrch" data-source="post: 1557150" data-attributes="member: 14161"><p>Our cows are multi-cultural..... Red or Black Angus base but crossed up with Hereford, Gelbvieh or Simmental, There are 4 greys and a couple Char cross cows in the mix. The straight black coloured cows are managed separately and are bred Black Angus or Horned Hereford. The heifers are bred to sleep at night, low BW Angus bulls. This doesn't mean that we don't get up at night. We do, every two hours. First calf heifers go to a pasture together and are bred to moderate bulls for their second calf. The balance of reds and baldies go on another range with black or red bulls.</p><p></p><p> Our purchased bulls have been mostly sourced from one breeder for 25 years who has been very successful in linebreeding his cattle. The across breed uniformity in their 4 breed herd is almost unbelievable! We have purchased bulls elsewhere but have never been as happy with others. Only 18 of our 50 bulls were purchased at present, the balance were raised here out of what we consider our best cows and who knows what sire. My choice of bulls gets pretty expensive so we use those genetics to produce some here.</p><p></p><p>We are changing direction a bit and are adding some Charolais bulls into the mix this year. Hoping to find bulls that will calve relatively easy and add a few pounds to about 30% of the calf crop.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gcreekrch, post: 1557150, member: 14161"] Our cows are multi-cultural..... Red or Black Angus base but crossed up with Hereford, Gelbvieh or Simmental, There are 4 greys and a couple Char cross cows in the mix. The straight black coloured cows are managed separately and are bred Black Angus or Horned Hereford. The heifers are bred to sleep at night, low BW Angus bulls. This doesn't mean that we don't get up at night. We do, every two hours. First calf heifers go to a pasture together and are bred to moderate bulls for their second calf. The balance of reds and baldies go on another range with black or red bulls. Our purchased bulls have been mostly sourced from one breeder for 25 years who has been very successful in linebreeding his cattle. The across breed uniformity in their 4 breed herd is almost unbelievable! We have purchased bulls elsewhere but have never been as happy with others. Only 18 of our 50 bulls were purchased at present, the balance were raised here out of what we consider our best cows and who knows what sire. My choice of bulls gets pretty expensive so we use those genetics to produce some here. We are changing direction a bit and are adding some Charolais bulls into the mix this year. Hoping to find bulls that will calve relatively easy and add a few pounds to about 30% of the calf crop. [/QUOTE]
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