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<blockquote data-quote="MoGal" data-source="post: 875889" data-attributes="member: 1346"><p>My husband crossed holstein to angus and kept the heifers for many years. His recommendation is to give Scourgard 30-60 days before calving. He thinks a char bull would give you too big of a calf, but I keep telling him they've worked on their birthweights and they have some chars with low birthweights (this is the reason he won't let me breed our aged cows to a char).... anyways, the calf will grow like a weed. </p><p></p><p>It seemed to me that if we had them calve from Oct. to May, they did fine. Hot, humid summer days seemed like they scoured a little easier, but that also can happen to non dairy breeds as well. </p><p></p><p>We have quite a few holstein x angus and now 1/4 holstein, 1/4 angus and 1/2 red poll and I like those as well. We only have about 40 head, but almost half of them have some holstein in them (1/8 to 1/2). Breedback hasn't been a problem, but I add extra Vitamin E to the minerals prior to breeding time (actually its a bag of Vit. A, D, and E) </p><p></p><p>Good luck in your endeavors!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MoGal, post: 875889, member: 1346"] My husband crossed holstein to angus and kept the heifers for many years. His recommendation is to give Scourgard 30-60 days before calving. He thinks a char bull would give you too big of a calf, but I keep telling him they've worked on their birthweights and they have some chars with low birthweights (this is the reason he won't let me breed our aged cows to a char).... anyways, the calf will grow like a weed. It seemed to me that if we had them calve from Oct. to May, they did fine. Hot, humid summer days seemed like they scoured a little easier, but that also can happen to non dairy breeds as well. We have quite a few holstein x angus and now 1/4 holstein, 1/4 angus and 1/2 red poll and I like those as well. We only have about 40 head, but almost half of them have some holstein in them (1/8 to 1/2). Breedback hasn't been a problem, but I add extra Vitamin E to the minerals prior to breeding time (actually its a bag of Vit. A, D, and E) Good luck in your endeavors! [/QUOTE]
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