What a Load of Horse Shi""
I hav ebeen raising Limousin since 1985, and I have only had trouble with a few, And I sort them off and put them into the food chain where they belong
If there are people who have had trouble with them it is because they use poor managment techniques, or have continued to propagate goofy cattle and ALL Breeds have them.
Load of Crap that an entire breed is bad, if you deal with reputable people and have done your homework finding cattle that are good and buying them you never have a problem
I just had a customer from Luisianna call me wanting to know if a cow he baught was halter broke, I hurried to call him back so he would not try and halter her, as she is just friendly NOT halter broke, can you immagine what could happen if you got a halter on a 1400# cow that was not halter broke and then tried to hold on to her
Well in my opinion LIMOUSIN is a great breed to start with and stick with, and I would say if you are going to buy cattle from anyone, go to the ranch walk through the herd, all of it, look at the calves, look at the cows in production, look for disposition problems, there is a big difference between a rank cow and a cow having maternal instinct with a young calf to protect
Not all people want or need to come to the ranch, I just sold a man in Dolores CO three bred heifers, he picked them out from photos I sent him via e-mail, he told me what he wanted and I photographed heifers I thought would fit his needs, and I met him in Amarillo with the heifers, that is 1/2 the way for both of us, and that is what good customer service is all about
Colorado has some of the top breeders of Limousin in the country, but after visiting the web site and reading up on the ranch, he chose to deal with my ranch, I was pleased to hear this, he was looking for a breeder who was thinking outside the box, and we do