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<blockquote data-quote="3waycross" data-source="post: 625875" data-attributes="member: 6713"><p>In our case we had so much red in the herd that it didn't matter. The Gelbvieh bull we used was hetero blk and also hetero polled. from that perspective he was a train wreck we ended up with horns on everything. The RA bull will take care of that and around here GOOD red calves bring within a nickle of the blacks so it doesn't matter.</p><p></p><p>To tell the truth I own blk cows and red cows and I'd rather look at the red ones any day of the week, and I'm just stubborn enuf to be willing to pay the price.</p><p></p><p>For the record he did add 50 to 100 lbs to every calf he threw, over the straight shorthorns bulls that came before him. Also to be fair this herd was pretty inbred so they were definately ripe for a bunch of heterosis.</p><p></p><p>I have a tendency to agree with Double V on the issue of using Red(original) Gelbvieh's on your cows but I believe and the numbers will agree that you will get a little better carcass traits from the blks, and yes you may as well look for one that is Homo blk and Homo polled, that's why I recomended the two that I did.</p><p></p><p>I don't know if you are willing to travel to Colo for a bull but if you are there is a sale over on the western slope that features some good bulls from the breeder where I got mine(Mark Covington) he and a few others are trying real hard to create calving ease maternal GV bulls without losing the growth that makes them such good cattle.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="3waycross, post: 625875, member: 6713"] In our case we had so much red in the herd that it didn't matter. The Gelbvieh bull we used was hetero blk and also hetero polled. from that perspective he was a train wreck we ended up with horns on everything. The RA bull will take care of that and around here GOOD red calves bring within a nickle of the blacks so it doesn't matter. To tell the truth I own blk cows and red cows and I'd rather look at the red ones any day of the week, and I'm just stubborn enuf to be willing to pay the price. For the record he did add 50 to 100 lbs to every calf he threw, over the straight shorthorns bulls that came before him. Also to be fair this herd was pretty inbred so they were definately ripe for a bunch of heterosis. I have a tendency to agree with Double V on the issue of using Red(original) Gelbvieh's on your cows but I believe and the numbers will agree that you will get a little better carcass traits from the blks, and yes you may as well look for one that is Homo blk and Homo polled, that's why I recomended the two that I did. I don't know if you are willing to travel to Colo for a bull but if you are there is a sale over on the western slope that features some good bulls from the breeder where I got mine(Mark Covington) he and a few others are trying real hard to create calving ease maternal GV bulls without losing the growth that makes them such good cattle. [/QUOTE]
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