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<blockquote data-quote="Betty" data-source="post: 718720" data-attributes="member: 8775"><p>Statistically, 1/2 of them should be able to be breeding stock, but with the tests we did this fall, it seems that the best calves (highest weaning weights, best disposition, best phenotype) were NH. We didn't test them all (it's rather expensive) but almost everyone that we thought might be fancy enough for the State Sale ended up NH+. </p><p>We only have 18 cows, and it IS a hobby,mostly.</p><p>I am keeping some NH cows. They have to have some other "strike" against them to be sold. </p><p>We went Angus for calving ease and 'sell-ability' 12 yrs ago. Also our winters are frightful and the Angus don't seem to need a lot of shelter except for the absolutely WORST weather. We had dairy cross (red and white) cattle before these since l981. Had some shorthorns for awhile, seemed like THAT gene pool, the one we were using, had some problems, bad uddered, some had horns, some ji-normous calves. Black calves sell better here, found ourselves using black bulls, so got black cows too.</p><p>BEZ-You are 100% correct. I am going to ship SOME of them this week, and all the NH babies are going to the yard.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Betty, post: 718720, member: 8775"] Statistically, 1/2 of them should be able to be breeding stock, but with the tests we did this fall, it seems that the best calves (highest weaning weights, best disposition, best phenotype) were NH. We didn't test them all (it's rather expensive) but almost everyone that we thought might be fancy enough for the State Sale ended up NH+. We only have 18 cows, and it IS a hobby,mostly. I am keeping some NH cows. They have to have some other "strike" against them to be sold. We went Angus for calving ease and 'sell-ability' 12 yrs ago. Also our winters are frightful and the Angus don't seem to need a lot of shelter except for the absolutely WORST weather. We had dairy cross (red and white) cattle before these since l981. Had some shorthorns for awhile, seemed like THAT gene pool, the one we were using, had some problems, bad uddered, some had horns, some ji-normous calves. Black calves sell better here, found ourselves using black bulls, so got black cows too. BEZ-You are 100% correct. I am going to ship SOME of them this week, and all the NH babies are going to the yard. [/QUOTE]
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