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<blockquote data-quote="farmerjan" data-source="post: 1592468" data-attributes="member: 25884"><p>My suggestion is also an angus for terminal. But if you are planning a bull to cover your best cows, why not just do AI? How many cows do you plan to have? A Milking devon will make a good carcass. There are some in New England where I am from and they are often used for oxen at the different fairs that have pulling contests. I don't think that you need to be so terribly concerned that the bull be smaller? You simply need an easy calving bull for the heifers. Devons are not a fragile breed. Why not just breed all of them devon? I have several jerseys that I use for nurse cows and have raised jersey steer calves for my freezer for over 40 years. They will kill out at 55+%, had one that the butcher said was 71%. The meat is usually very tender and a little "sweeter" tasting. Everyone has loved the hamburger that I have shared. I have used our plus weight angus bulls on them after they have had their first calf. The cow will control the size of the calf to a good degree. I am not saying not to be a bit cautious, but I think you are being overly concerned about the calf these cows can have. We also have had some red polls like redgully, and they have done fine with any angus we have bred them to. If black wasn't the "only color" they want to see at the local sale barns, we would be using more red polls and red angus bulls. </p><p>I would trust any of our angus bulls far further than the couple of limousins, or the braunvieh, that we have had over the years. Our Red poll bulls have had the best and quietest dispositions.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="farmerjan, post: 1592468, member: 25884"] My suggestion is also an angus for terminal. But if you are planning a bull to cover your best cows, why not just do AI? How many cows do you plan to have? A Milking devon will make a good carcass. There are some in New England where I am from and they are often used for oxen at the different fairs that have pulling contests. I don't think that you need to be so terribly concerned that the bull be smaller? You simply need an easy calving bull for the heifers. Devons are not a fragile breed. Why not just breed all of them devon? I have several jerseys that I use for nurse cows and have raised jersey steer calves for my freezer for over 40 years. They will kill out at 55+%, had one that the butcher said was 71%. The meat is usually very tender and a little "sweeter" tasting. Everyone has loved the hamburger that I have shared. I have used our plus weight angus bulls on them after they have had their first calf. The cow will control the size of the calf to a good degree. I am not saying not to be a bit cautious, but I think you are being overly concerned about the calf these cows can have. We also have had some red polls like redgully, and they have done fine with any angus we have bred them to. If black wasn't the "only color" they want to see at the local sale barns, we would be using more red polls and red angus bulls. I would trust any of our angus bulls far further than the couple of limousins, or the braunvieh, that we have had over the years. Our Red poll bulls have had the best and quietest dispositions. [/QUOTE]
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