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<blockquote data-quote="creekdrive" data-source="post: 1343729" data-attributes="member: 21216"><p>I think Lithuanian farmer said it pretty well. There was a few others too who brought up good points, but this was the most recent so I used it.</p><p></p><p>My husbands family has occasionally kept a home raised crossbred over the years. I would definitely NOT go out and buy a crossbred bull from anyone, but if you are using your own and know the family history it can work out quite well. The way nesikep is doing it for example, I don't see anything wrong with that. He has a plan and it will either work out good or it won't, but it's still a plan. So far it seems like it will work out good for him. </p><p></p><p>We currently have a crossbred bull (mostly Angus with a touch of Sim). We've used him every year since 2012 and have been quite pleased with his calves. The last 3 years he's been at our home pasture with a total mish-mosh of cows and his calves are surprisingly consistent. The idea using this bull was to keep daughters based on how good his dam was. He has a couple daughters that have calved this spring and next year there will be a fairly big group of daughters calving and we'll begin to see if it was a good choice or not.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://i1298.photobucket.com/albums/ag51/creekdrive/IMG_9299sm_zps4mrfdapf.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>a picture from last year as 4 yr old</p><p></p><p><img src="http://i1298.photobucket.com/albums/ag51/creekdrive/IMG_8670sm_zpsal4msznt.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>all of those calves are his. Other than the black one (who is smaller and not growing as well as it probably should be) they are a pretty even group of calves. A few different shades of red, but they all have the same type.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://i1298.photobucket.com/albums/ag51/creekdrive/IMG_8683sm_zpsqdhpuk9d.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>more calves</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="creekdrive, post: 1343729, member: 21216"] I think Lithuanian farmer said it pretty well. There was a few others too who brought up good points, but this was the most recent so I used it. My husbands family has occasionally kept a home raised crossbred over the years. I would definitely NOT go out and buy a crossbred bull from anyone, but if you are using your own and know the family history it can work out quite well. The way nesikep is doing it for example, I don't see anything wrong with that. He has a plan and it will either work out good or it won't, but it's still a plan. So far it seems like it will work out good for him. We currently have a crossbred bull (mostly Angus with a touch of Sim). We've used him every year since 2012 and have been quite pleased with his calves. The last 3 years he's been at our home pasture with a total mish-mosh of cows and his calves are surprisingly consistent. The idea using this bull was to keep daughters based on how good his dam was. He has a couple daughters that have calved this spring and next year there will be a fairly big group of daughters calving and we'll begin to see if it was a good choice or not. [img]http://i1298.photobucket.com/albums/ag51/creekdrive/IMG_9299sm_zps4mrfdapf.jpg[/img] a picture from last year as 4 yr old [img]http://i1298.photobucket.com/albums/ag51/creekdrive/IMG_8670sm_zpsal4msznt.jpg[/img] all of those calves are his. Other than the black one (who is smaller and not growing as well as it probably should be) they are a pretty even group of calves. A few different shades of red, but they all have the same type. [img]http://i1298.photobucket.com/albums/ag51/creekdrive/IMG_8683sm_zpsqdhpuk9d.jpg[/img] more calves [/QUOTE]
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