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<blockquote data-quote="Ky hills" data-source="post: 1613390" data-attributes="member: 24816"><p>We currently have predominantly Hereford cows and have been using Hereford bulls over them as well to get replacements. In the past Herefords have had a plethora of issues but this has been worked on and reduced significantly throughout the breed as a whole I believe. That being said there are individual lines out there that are still problematic to an extent. The same can be said for any breed though. We have not had any more or less calving issues with Hereford than with Angus. Pinkeye has not been a major issue for us other than calves from one particular bull. Over probably a 7 year period and somewhere around 50 Hereford and Hereford cross cows we have had 3 prolapse cases which is more than I want to deal with but we weed those out and all of those were commercial stockyards cattle. In my opinion Herefords are probably a good breed for grass finishing and Angus would be the best choice for a bull over them. Unless there is just a heart set on a niche breed. Those Angus cross calves are going to always have a value above the niche breeds if ever selling on the open market. </p><p>As to Limousin disposition, yes they had a reputation for being crazy, but gain I think the breeders took correcting that seriously. We have only had one limousin bull and he was probably a calm as any bull of any breed that we have had.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ky hills, post: 1613390, member: 24816"] We currently have predominantly Hereford cows and have been using Hereford bulls over them as well to get replacements. In the past Herefords have had a plethora of issues but this has been worked on and reduced significantly throughout the breed as a whole I believe. That being said there are individual lines out there that are still problematic to an extent. The same can be said for any breed though. We have not had any more or less calving issues with Hereford than with Angus. Pinkeye has not been a major issue for us other than calves from one particular bull. Over probably a 7 year period and somewhere around 50 Hereford and Hereford cross cows we have had 3 prolapse cases which is more than I want to deal with but we weed those out and all of those were commercial stockyards cattle. In my opinion Herefords are probably a good breed for grass finishing and Angus would be the best choice for a bull over them. Unless there is just a heart set on a niche breed. Those Angus cross calves are going to always have a value above the niche breeds if ever selling on the open market. As to Limousin disposition, yes they had a reputation for being crazy, but gain I think the breeders took correcting that seriously. We have only had one limousin bull and he was probably a calm as any bull of any breed that we have had. [/QUOTE]
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