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<blockquote data-quote="Anon A Mouse" data-source="post: 1592358" data-attributes="member: 38707"><p>Well, as I said I currently don't own land or cattle. I'm in far northern California - I'm about 30 minutes from the Oregon border. I want to buy land in Montana someday, though. Somewhere with a view of a nearby mountain range would be nice, but those tend to be pretty pricey and out of the range of a middle aged minimum wage grunt worker, LOL. Well, at least they're pretty to look at and make a few wishes on.</p><p></p><p>As one of the other responders stated I need to watch birthweight - Devons are somewhat smaller than the Angus and I would be concerned about calving since I want to stay as much "hands off" as possible. Devon's are known for their innate hardiness and their mothering ability/ease of calving. One rule of thumb I was told early on in my research is that when dealing with smaller breeds of cattle it is important that your bull be smaller than your cows to ease calving and prevent high birthweight problems.</p><p></p><p>Another issue I have is I will be a total novice when it comes to cows when I do eventually get them. Ive spoken to a number of cattlemen in my local area and they say due to temperament, an angus bull is not for the newbie to try handling. If I can find someone with an angus bull known for low birthweight I might see about arranging a rental (hands off, so no IVF) of sorts so I don't have to do the handling of it. Which would give me those F1 Devon/Angus heifers. That thought has potential. If the law of averages (and hybrid vigor!) is right the result should be a largish heifer either red or black in color, potenially horned, that gives a larger quantity of milk than a pure angus heifer. Which should, in turn, result in larger, better fed calves at weaning.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anon A Mouse, post: 1592358, member: 38707"] Well, as I said I currently don't own land or cattle. I'm in far northern California - I'm about 30 minutes from the Oregon border. I want to buy land in Montana someday, though. Somewhere with a view of a nearby mountain range would be nice, but those tend to be pretty pricey and out of the range of a middle aged minimum wage grunt worker, LOL. Well, at least they're pretty to look at and make a few wishes on. As one of the other responders stated I need to watch birthweight - Devons are somewhat smaller than the Angus and I would be concerned about calving since I want to stay as much "hands off" as possible. Devon's are known for their innate hardiness and their mothering ability/ease of calving. One rule of thumb I was told early on in my research is that when dealing with smaller breeds of cattle it is important that your bull be smaller than your cows to ease calving and prevent high birthweight problems. Another issue I have is I will be a total novice when it comes to cows when I do eventually get them. Ive spoken to a number of cattlemen in my local area and they say due to temperament, an angus bull is not for the newbie to try handling. If I can find someone with an angus bull known for low birthweight I might see about arranging a rental (hands off, so no IVF) of sorts so I don't have to do the handling of it. Which would give me those F1 Devon/Angus heifers. That thought has potential. If the law of averages (and hybrid vigor!) is right the result should be a largish heifer either red or black in color, potenially horned, that gives a larger quantity of milk than a pure angus heifer. Which should, in turn, result in larger, better fed calves at weaning. [/QUOTE]
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