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<blockquote data-quote="Dave" data-source="post: 69628" data-attributes="member: 498"><p>cowspider, I wouldn't use a holstien to breed the beef cows. Although you would certainly add milk to the herd, you would take a real beating on the calves you sell from that first cross. I have bought dairy cross heifers and bred them to a beef bull, that way your calves are only a quarter dairy.</p><p>As for the temperment on dairy bulls. The bulls I raise are sold when they are 13 to 15 months and haven't developed an additude yet. So they aren't difficult to handle. One of the other reasons that dairies I deal with go through bulls so regularly is that the first time they look side ways at anyone they get an all expense paid trip to McDonalds. And I don't raise Jersey bulls. For some reason Jersey bulls have a real additude problem.</p><p>Dave</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dave, post: 69628, member: 498"] cowspider, I wouldn't use a holstien to breed the beef cows. Although you would certainly add milk to the herd, you would take a real beating on the calves you sell from that first cross. I have bought dairy cross heifers and bred them to a beef bull, that way your calves are only a quarter dairy. As for the temperment on dairy bulls. The bulls I raise are sold when they are 13 to 15 months and haven't developed an additude yet. So they aren't difficult to handle. One of the other reasons that dairies I deal with go through bulls so regularly is that the first time they look side ways at anyone they get an all expense paid trip to McDonalds. And I don't raise Jersey bulls. For some reason Jersey bulls have a real additude problem. Dave [/QUOTE]
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