MurraysMutts
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I think she would make a beautiful calf if my hereford bull gets her.
If she were 5 yrs younger maybe
Shes come a long ways tho.
If she were 5 yrs younger maybe
Shes come a long ways tho.
Who is the BAA. and how did it destroy shorthorns?When I was a kid there use to be quite a few short horn cattle around in our part of the state. They were good milkers and raised nice calves and were easy to handle.
The BAA destroyed this breed because of there colors, IMO.
I bet their meat is just as good maybe better.
Calves would grow really well too, it's a shame.
Everything has to have a black hide to bring top dollar.Who is the BAA. and how did it destroy shorthorns?
Nothing stopping you from putting up an air conditioned barn and raising pretty cattle with long hair. Those are the only shorthorns I see today. But I've never seen a hair sandwich on a menu….Everything has to have a black hide to bring top dollar.
Then off colors will get severely docked.
Everything has to have a black hide to bring top dollar.Who is the BAA. and how did it destroy shorthorns?
They all have hair.Nothing stopping you from putting up an air conditioned barn and raising pretty cattle with long hair. Those are the only shorthorns I see today. But I've never seen a hair sandwich on a menu…
Nothing stopping you from putting up an air conditioned barn and raising pretty cattle with long hair. Those are the only shorthorns I see today. But I've never seen a hair sandwich on a menu….
Yep. There have been several Canadian members here over the years with some real nice Shorthorns. Coyote hasn't been on here in a long time, but I always enjoyed seeing pictures of his. Beef machines, not the hairy, watered-down kind you see a lot of at shows now. https://www.cattletoday.com/threads/anyone-raising-shorthorns.124235/page-2Canada knows how to do shorthorns right.
Yes they do all have hair, but around here it takes a winter coat to win in the ring and it seems shorthorns grow a better winter coat than any other breed, Scottish Highlanders excepted. So it seems what the shorthorns have to offer the industry is the ability to grow better hair. Maybe more of an indictment of the showring rather than of a breed, as our shows tend to be in July and August and it takes a cool room to grow winter hair when it's ninety degrees outside. I would also note shorthorns fell out of favor long before CAB was born, grandpa said he quit raising shorthorns because a shorthorn steer brought two cents a pound less than a Hereford or an Angus.Everything has to have a black hide to bring top dollar.
Then off colors will get severely docked
They all have hair.
Thanks for the link!Yep. There have been several Canadian members here over the years with some real nice Shorthorns. Coyote hasn't been on here in a long time, but I always enjoyed seeing pictures of his. Beef machines, not the hairy, watered-down kind you see a lot of at shows now. https://www.cattletoday.com/threads/anyone-raising-shorthorns.124235/page-2
Yes they do all have hair, but around here it takes a winter coat to win in the ring and it seems shorthorns grow a better winter coat than any other breed, Scottish Highlanders excepted. So it seems what the shorthorns have to offer the industry is the ability to grow better hair. Maybe more of an indictment of the showring rather than of a breed, as our shows tend to be in July and August and it takes a cool room to grow winter hair when it's ninety degrees outside. I would also note shorthorns fell out of favor long before CAB was born, grandpa said he quit raising shorthorns because a shorthorn steer brought two cents a pound less than a Hereford or an Angus.
Is she old? The breadth of her muzzle doesn't look like an old cow. Maybe she is, but I wouldn't be too sure. Have you looked at her teeth?She wouldn't come up yesterday.
Today she came for a bite. Looks empty. I don't see a calf in there. And what a nice udder for an old cow.
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They called her old/6 months bred when I bought her. That can mean so many different things at this particular sale.Is she old? The breadth of her muzzle doesn't look like an old cow. Maybe she is, but I wouldn't be too sure. Have you looked at her teeth?
Nice calf...
I'm thinking the same.Is she old? The breadth of her muzzle doesn't look like an old cow. Maybe she is, but I wouldn't be too sure. Have you looked at her teeth?
Nice calf...