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WalnutCrest

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This little lady says "Hi" to everyone!

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75lb fullblood heifer at 12hrs old

Here she is again with her Herf recip mama at 1 week.

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WalnutCrest":10rdrge6 said:
Nesikep":10rdrge6 said:
Aubrac I'm quite sure.. unless Walnut Crest has had a change of heart :)
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WCrest-

I surmised as much! Eric Grant and I are very close friends and I would have imagined that the calf was Aubrac. I think that they are spectacular cattle, and have a special niche in the Beef Cattle breed programs in the future. Several years ago Eric asked me if I would consider being the Executive Director of the expanding Aubrac Association at that time, but my wife's health precluded my accepting the challenge. Every breed has certain special factors and traits that are capable of being exploited within the breed itself and can be used to great advantage in a well-planned and BALANCED cross breeding protocol. I think that the Aubrac Breed is certainly one of those very special breeds which can be utilized to meld traits and characteristics with other breeds therefore expediting PROFIT for a wise producer.

Good luck to you, Walnut Crest. I envy your potential successes with the Aubrac Cattle! I am very impressed with the breed.

DOC HARRIS
 
Thank you for those kind words, Doc.

We are focused on making the best fullbloods possible and will (with one possible exception) leave the cross breeding to others.
 
ANAZAZI":1s1rfhjx said:
Tell us about the exception?
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We may do a trial run of something this summer, in which case, we'll know more next spring. Needless to say, I'm pretty sure nobody here would be interested ... but that won't stop me from making a post if/when we try this little experiment and if/when it works. I'm sure that whatever I'd put in that future thread would get zero responses apart from "you're a dipsh|t -- you did it wrong" (or similar). And I'm good with that. :)

I'm not here to make other people happy or to give them the benefit of including me in their echo chamber ... so, I'll just post away with the stuff I'm interested in.

Now, if someone wanted to contact me privately, I'm happy to have that conversation.
 
WalnutCrest":2ved9d2z said:
ANAZAZI":2ved9d2z said:
Tell us about the exception?
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We may do a trial run of something this summer, in which case, we'll know more next spring. Needless to say, I'm pretty sure nobody here would be interested ... but that won't stop me from making a post if/when we try this little experiment and if/when it works. I'm sure that whatever I'd put in that future thread would get zero responses apart from "you're a dipsh|t -- you did it wrong" (or similar). And I'm good with that. :)

I'm not here to make other people happy or to give them the benefit of including me in their echo chamber ... so, I'll just post away with the stuff I'm interested in.

Now, if someone wanted to contact me privately, I'm happy to have that conversation.
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I'm more interested in what the crossbred will do than I am what your registered cattle will do. I'm certainly interested in the registered side but that's my hobby cattleman half speaking and that half doesn't get to buy genetics anymore.
In my opinion your success with promoting your breed is going to hang on your ability to sell into crossbreeding systems so your crossbred animal really may be your best selling point if it turns out well and as such might be the one you'd want to brag on.
 
cow pollinater":3hho5jg2 said:
WalnutCrest":3hho5jg2 said:
ANAZAZI":3hho5jg2 said:
Tell us about the exception?
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We may do a trial run of something this summer, in which case, we'll know more next spring. Needless to say, I'm pretty sure nobody here would be interested ... but that won't stop me from making a post if/when we try this little experiment and if/when it works. I'm sure that whatever I'd put in that future thread would get zero responses apart from "you're a dipsh|t -- you did it wrong" (or similar). And I'm good with that. :)

I'm not here to make other people happy or to give them the benefit of including me in their echo chamber ... so, I'll just post away with the stuff I'm interested in.

Now, if someone wanted to contact me privately, I'm happy to have that conversation.
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I'm more interested in what the crossbred will do than I am what your registered cattle will do. I'm certainly interested in the registered side but that's my hobby cattleman half speaking and that half doesn't get to buy genetics anymore.
In my opinion your success with promoting your breed is going to hang on your ability to sell into crossbreeding systems so your crossbred animal really may be your best selling point if it turns out well and as such might be the one you'd want to brag on.
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Without superior fullbloods, the crossbreds someone else will make won't be as good as they otherwise could have been.

I'm holding my tongue until whatever critters may or may not get crossed hit the ground. As they say, the proof is in the pudding. And, I'm fine with tinkering around the edges a bit ... however ... I come back to the fact that I think my focus needs to be on superior production of fullblood Aubracs, and that anything else will flow out of that.

Pointedly, my objective is the production of superior animals in the pasture (on limited inputs with minimal veterinary involvement) who are also superior animals on the plate. Tonight, we had ribeyes out of our (former) 4.5yr old bull. They were spectacular -- tender, juicy (with a sustained juiciness) and flavorful ... prepared with out any sort of rub, sauce, special seasoning or other types of fancy preparation. And, this directly relates to my quote in my tag-line.

Why did man put a pen around a set of aurochs thousands of years ago? To harness an animal that could do a job and provide nourishment when slaughtered. Over time, we've been able to (i) refine the job our cattle are to do and (ii) attempt to optimize our personal dining preferences ... but, at its core ... our business is one of converting potential to actuality with sunshine and grass in the middle.

So, as to this prospective cross, I'm quite certain that while I don't think anyone here will really care, I'll still possibly do it ... and if I do, I'll still tell you guys about it ... even though I fully expect to get derided. :) Echo-chambers really aren't my thing.
 
Heifer #2 ... named Cosette ... with mama (Xenia). For those of you who've been following the saga, this heifer is a full sister to the one who had the frostbite issue in Feb 2014.

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Thanks. Xenia is a good cow; we are quite pleased with her. Interestingly, Xenia-the-embryo was harvested from a still-in-production 15 year old cow in France.
 

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