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<blockquote data-quote="cow pollinater" data-source="post: 1193817" data-attributes="member: 14661"><p>I was going to stay out but that wouldn't be any fun at all...</p><p>I got my start cowboying for a ranch that was doing a two way cross of red angus and hereford. There was also a little fleck in the mix on the older cows so they made the decision to switch to polled hereford shortly before I came on board to try to knock the horns off... I hated herefords for a long time after I watched those bulls come crawling out of the mountains skin and bones. We went through bulls of all genetics from suppliers all over the state and got to the point where we ran less cows per bull and gave the hereford bulls the easier country and still had more open cows and skinny bulls.</p><p>Fast forward fifteen years and I'm buying horned hereford bulls for myself after watching what they do for my neighbor in country that is quite a bit tougher than where I started. My bulls come out as fat as they go in and they get the job done. </p><p>I thought maybe I had just run across a good supplier or herefords had come a long way. Then a neighbor up the road bought some polled bulls and all the old timers told her what was going to happen and she lost one and hauled the other two to the sale within two years.</p><p>I realize that it doesn't sound logical to think that there's something about a horn gene that makes cattle sturdier but that is my opinion anyway and it's based on observation. </p><p>PLUS the glory of a hereford in todays market is heterosis on a black cow from another english breed. Heterosis is at it's best when the breeds are dissimilar. The study that I remember seeing showed a 1% increase in heterosis between horned hereford vs. polled over angus cows. Horns are more dissimilar than polled over polled.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cow pollinater, post: 1193817, member: 14661"] I was going to stay out but that wouldn't be any fun at all... I got my start cowboying for a ranch that was doing a two way cross of red angus and hereford. There was also a little fleck in the mix on the older cows so they made the decision to switch to polled hereford shortly before I came on board to try to knock the horns off... I hated herefords for a long time after I watched those bulls come crawling out of the mountains skin and bones. We went through bulls of all genetics from suppliers all over the state and got to the point where we ran less cows per bull and gave the hereford bulls the easier country and still had more open cows and skinny bulls. Fast forward fifteen years and I'm buying horned hereford bulls for myself after watching what they do for my neighbor in country that is quite a bit tougher than where I started. My bulls come out as fat as they go in and they get the job done. I thought maybe I had just run across a good supplier or herefords had come a long way. Then a neighbor up the road bought some polled bulls and all the old timers told her what was going to happen and she lost one and hauled the other two to the sale within two years. I realize that it doesn't sound logical to think that there's something about a horn gene that makes cattle sturdier but that is my opinion anyway and it's based on observation. PLUS the glory of a hereford in todays market is heterosis on a black cow from another english breed. Heterosis is at it's best when the breeds are dissimilar. The study that I remember seeing showed a 1% increase in heterosis between horned hereford vs. polled over angus cows. Horns are more dissimilar than polled over polled. [/QUOTE]
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