F1 Power Beats any Breed

[ga. prime]

That's what I'm talking about.

 

[Ryan]

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thats magical, thats what that is

 

[ga. prime]

Tiftleaf III, cowboy.

 

[Caustic Burno]

Amen on the F-1's

 

[Brandonm2]

"F1 Power Beats any Breed"

IF that is a market steer you just haven't castrated yet......I agree completely. A purebreed steer is not likely to compete with him in the feedlot and I bet his sisters are nice too. IF you are going to breed that crossbred bull calf to crossbred cows, I would much rather be using his more predictable, less heterozygous, purebred daddy.

 

[OK Jeanne]

How old is that steer? Since you said he was a cross,
is it angus + char?

 

[ga. prime]

Jeanne, right you are on the cross. Born on Christmas day, which makes him just shy of 6 months. About 550# I'd guess. He'll go in the sale ring next month.

Brandon, that calf was banded when he was 1 day old. He's feedlot bound. I agree with you on using the purebred bull.

The point I'm trying to make (And it's a poor job I know. If only I could express my thoughts like Brandon and Doc Harris. You two are terrific), is that you can take the most mediocre cow of one breed and mate her to a REALLY GOOD bull of another breed and the resultant offspring will just be amazing. I'll post a pic of another example(including the dumpy cow) later on. Got to go fix some stuffed Eggplant right now.

 

[DFF]

I tell my customers looking to put herf bulls on blacks that the hybrid vigor is a simple equation, its like 2+2=5

 

[ga. prime]

Ok, here's the most average Shorthorn cow probably within 500 miles of here.(And she only has 3 teats. Not just 3 that work. Just 3.) If I posted a pic on here and asked opinions of her, I'd get ridiculed off the planet. The calf is 3 weeks younger than the char-ang, born Jan. 10. Also a steer, as are all my calves within hours of birth, unless of course they're heifers. Near 500# I'd say. You may find it hard to tell from the pic, but he's got very near the muscle of the char-ang calf. All because of the bull and heterosis.

 

[ga. prime]

I tell my customers looking to put herf bulls on blacks that the hybrid vigor is a simple equation, its like 2+2=5

You're tellin' 'em right DFF.

 

[OK Jeanne]

The heifer and steer shown below had angus dams
and Murray Grey sires:

We thought that made a pretty good cross if your goal is
cross calves. The steer was about 60 days away from
the butcher.

 

[novatech]

I like backhoe's idea of breeding up some F1 brahman x murrey gray (greymen). Sounds like a great combo.

 

[mnmtranching]

I agree, Those Char/Angus are great!

 

[Beefy]

gaprime, did you irrigate that bahia or what? or maybe you moved and i wasnt notified?

 

[ga. prime]

Got lucky and a couple of rains hit it just right, beefy.

 

[Weaver]

I really enjoy the F1 cows. We used to have a rainbow colored cow herd with many diffferent breeds, but lately we have focused on getting more simangus cows. We run angus bulls back with them. We have been very pleased with them. F1 cows are supposed to wean 23% more pounds of beef than a straightbred cow over its lifetime. When we had more of a variation in our herd (some with mainly continental unfluence and some with mainly british influence), we ran F1 bulls (simangus) which helped us to have a more uniform calf crop, but I like having the F1 cows better.

 

[Brandonm2]

That' what I hate about pics. You see something from one angle and draw conclusions you would not have drawn from a live animal. He STILL looks intact to me in that photo. Sorry for leaping to conclusions.

 

[backhoeboogie]

That' what I hate about pics. You see something from one angle and draw conclusions you would not have drawn from a live animal. He STILL looks intact to me in that photo. Sorry for leaping to conclusions.

You know Brandon, I thought the same at first. Then I noticed it was just the light shining on the leg. It is a nice looking animal.

 

[Ryder]

That' what I hate about pics. You see something from one angle and draw conclusions you would not have drawn from a live animal. He STILL looks intact to me in that photo. Sorry for leaping to conclusions.

You know Brandon, I thought the same at first. Then I noticed it was just the light shining on the leg. It is a nice looking animal.

Me too backhoe, easy mistake to make.

 

[farmerD44]

Here's some F1 sim-angus calves for ya. Born in March.

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