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<blockquote data-quote="Warren Allison" data-source="post: 1797711" data-attributes="member: 40587"><p>I didn't know these even existed until about 10 year or so ago. I was at the local sale, because the owner had called me and told me so-and-so was brining in his remaining Corriente steers and some Corr cows . There was what I thought was a black Corriente cow go through as a head cow. Slick and PERFECT shaped horns...about 750 lbs, so I bought her too. $225, because no body stood up and told anything about her, which you usually do when you sell head cows. I took her down south to the Kudzu pasture, and about 9 mos after I got her, she started bagging up, and I mean BIG time for a Corr. Hell, big time for an Angus, even. Looked like a Jersey in a dairy. A team roping partner of mine that had a dairy years ago, came by and I wanted him to look at her., to see if maybe I ought to try to add another calf to her. Her Corr calf wasn't taking anywhere near enough milk to make a difference. He told me " Hell, that ain't no Corriente...that is a Dexter!" Her calf grew faster and a little bigger than most of the straight Corr calves did. Dunno if it was the extra milk, or that she was a little beefier than most Corrs are. Or both. And, she was a little friendlier than most Corrs...would walk up to you, etc. I had her for a few years, and the heifers I kept off her were still making a lot of milk. A lot more than Corrs do, but not as much as she did. And, she may not have produced so much if she was on regular grass instead of he Kudzu. Just now I got to thinking, that if I had her now, I would probably use her in this Corr x MFB project I am experimenting with. If you run up on a black one that size and that slick, Josh, holler at me. Just might try one or 2 just to see.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Warren Allison, post: 1797711, member: 40587"] I didn't know these even existed until about 10 year or so ago. I was at the local sale, because the owner had called me and told me so-and-so was brining in his remaining Corriente steers and some Corr cows . There was what I thought was a black Corriente cow go through as a head cow. Slick and PERFECT shaped horns...about 750 lbs, so I bought her too. $225, because no body stood up and told anything about her, which you usually do when you sell head cows. I took her down south to the Kudzu pasture, and about 9 mos after I got her, she started bagging up, and I mean BIG time for a Corr. Hell, big time for an Angus, even. Looked like a Jersey in a dairy. A team roping partner of mine that had a dairy years ago, came by and I wanted him to look at her., to see if maybe I ought to try to add another calf to her. Her Corr calf wasn't taking anywhere near enough milk to make a difference. He told me " Hell, that ain't no Corriente...that is a Dexter!" Her calf grew faster and a little bigger than most of the straight Corr calves did. Dunno if it was the extra milk, or that she was a little beefier than most Corrs are. Or both. And, she was a little friendlier than most Corrs...would walk up to you, etc. I had her for a few years, and the heifers I kept off her were still making a lot of milk. A lot more than Corrs do, but not as much as she did. And, she may not have produced so much if she was on regular grass instead of he Kudzu. Just now I got to thinking, that if I had her now, I would probably use her in this Corr x MFB project I am experimenting with. If you run up on a black one that size and that slick, Josh, holler at me. Just might try one or 2 just to see. [/QUOTE]
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