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<blockquote data-quote="Lon" data-source="post: 811580" data-attributes="member: 16174"><p>If he is crossing those cheap Longhorn cows to Gelbviehs or Charolais (as some on this string have suggested) in 7 or 8 years he is going to have a herd that is composed of straight Longhorn cows, 50:50 Longhorn x Charolais (substitute your favorite beef breed here) cows, and 25:75 Longhorn x Charolais cows. Each of those groups are going to have different maintenance and input requirements. If they are all in the same herd, he will have to wind up maintaining his Longhorn commercial cows just like their 3/4 Charolais 2-3 year old granddaughters so that those young cows get enough nutrition.......those defeating the low input advantage to the Longhorns early on in this venture. </p><p></p><p>this is true. 7 years though i think i might have the fullblood longhorns worked out by than. i am talking bout starting with 50 head and going from there. as far as how they all get ran would run them the same as do every other cow take care of. turn them out to pasture. come winter time throw out some cake and rest comes from grazing, long as its not covered by a hard snow. only feed hay when calving or when there is a foot of snow on the ground. less snow if it is got a hard crust till they start getting it broke up. calving wise last year calved in a pasture that consisted of 1280 acres for my uncle. if it is real cold for a long while will throw out lick tubs. other than that all really do is just ride threw them every week taking count and making sure nothing sick. if cow has problem calving she usually has to get roped tied to corner post and calf pulled from there. uncle has a nice chute but on dads place there isnt one. and uncles chute only gets used to band bull a bull calf that was missed here and there when calving.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lon, post: 811580, member: 16174"] If he is crossing those cheap Longhorn cows to Gelbviehs or Charolais (as some on this string have suggested) in 7 or 8 years he is going to have a herd that is composed of straight Longhorn cows, 50:50 Longhorn x Charolais (substitute your favorite beef breed here) cows, and 25:75 Longhorn x Charolais cows. Each of those groups are going to have different maintenance and input requirements. If they are all in the same herd, he will have to wind up maintaining his Longhorn commercial cows just like their 3/4 Charolais 2-3 year old granddaughters so that those young cows get enough nutrition.......those defeating the low input advantage to the Longhorns early on in this venture. this is true. 7 years though i think i might have the fullblood longhorns worked out by than. i am talking bout starting with 50 head and going from there. as far as how they all get ran would run them the same as do every other cow take care of. turn them out to pasture. come winter time throw out some cake and rest comes from grazing, long as its not covered by a hard snow. only feed hay when calving or when there is a foot of snow on the ground. less snow if it is got a hard crust till they start getting it broke up. calving wise last year calved in a pasture that consisted of 1280 acres for my uncle. if it is real cold for a long while will throw out lick tubs. other than that all really do is just ride threw them every week taking count and making sure nothing sick. if cow has problem calving she usually has to get roped tied to corner post and calf pulled from there. uncle has a nice chute but on dads place there isnt one. and uncles chute only gets used to band bull a bull calf that was missed here and there when calving. [/QUOTE]
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