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Hereford Holstein cross, why?
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<blockquote data-quote="Logan52" data-source="post: 1763125" data-attributes="member: 32879"><p>In October of 1986 I attended a local graded feeder calf sale where a neighbor who milked a small herd of Holsteins was selling his heifer calves. They were out of his country Holsteins and by a rugged looking Hereford clean up bull. They weighed around 750 pounds right off the cow.</p><p>I purchased a pen of 8 of these and brought them home and turned them out with an Angus bull the next spring. The descendants of the two best of these females make up my herd today. I have bred to a lot of different breeds over the years, and the cows produced have been good ones. I really can't say I have improved them any over that original cross. They were thick well marked BWF that were fertile and bred back on time while giving lots of milk. Their udders held up well and I usually sold them for a premium at 9 or 10 years old.</p><p>I liked red cattle and some of the best replacements came by a Red Poll bull. My worst mistake was breeding them in 1992 to a roan Shorthorn. Nice calves but a real dock at the stockyards. I still get an occasional roan. This year I had a blue roan steer calf by a Sim-Angus bull that was an outstanding calf but he did not bring the price I thought he should.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Logan52, post: 1763125, member: 32879"] In October of 1986 I attended a local graded feeder calf sale where a neighbor who milked a small herd of Holsteins was selling his heifer calves. They were out of his country Holsteins and by a rugged looking Hereford clean up bull. They weighed around 750 pounds right off the cow. I purchased a pen of 8 of these and brought them home and turned them out with an Angus bull the next spring. The descendants of the two best of these females make up my herd today. I have bred to a lot of different breeds over the years, and the cows produced have been good ones. I really can't say I have improved them any over that original cross. They were thick well marked BWF that were fertile and bred back on time while giving lots of milk. Their udders held up well and I usually sold them for a premium at 9 or 10 years old. I liked red cattle and some of the best replacements came by a Red Poll bull. My worst mistake was breeding them in 1992 to a roan Shorthorn. Nice calves but a real dock at the stockyards. I still get an occasional roan. This year I had a blue roan steer calf by a Sim-Angus bull that was an outstanding calf but he did not bring the price I thought he should. [/QUOTE]
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