Mashona Bull at 28 months old

[HDRider]

Ever seen one of these?

 

[Bigfoot]

No, but that feeder is eye catching.

 

[Kingfisher]

Can't open it..

 

[HDRider]

Can't open it..

Odd, does it not appear as a picture? You see a link?

 

[Rafter S]

I can see the picture. It's a nice feed trough/hay rack, and a bull's head. Can't tell much about the bull from just his head.

 

[Taurus]

He looks like one of these famous Craiglist's horned Angus.

 

[R V]

I own a group of Mashonas and like them quite a lot. Most of mine are polled, but I do have 2 with scurs - like the bull in the picture. I have only had them for 2 1/2 years and just had my first calves this year, but would be willing to try to answer questions on them. There are not many in the country and Jim Weaver was the one that brought the breed to the U.S. from Africa. He has web site with some pictures and history. I think that they have a niche due to their heat tolerance and mine have done well on fescue. They are a heat tolerant Bos Taurus breed.

 

[R V]

By the way H.D., my red Mashona bull sired my favorite longhorn cross calves this year. I was testing what I considered to be a type to type mating and the calves are much better than I anticipated and so far, he has taken off the spots (9 calves thus far). I will know more after the 6 heifers from this cross calve in a couple of years. These heifers are solid red and fancy. The 3 steer calves grew better that anticipated as well. This cross produced much better F1/hybrid vigor than I anticipated. So far, 7 of the 9 Longhorn cross calves are polled and the other 2 have what appear to be scurs.

 

[Kingfisher]

Can't open it..

Odd, does it not appear as a picture? You see a link?

It's a box with a ? Mark in it....

 

[M.Magis]

I can see the picture. It's a nice feed trough/hay rack, and a bull's head. Can't tell much about the bull from just his head.

That’s all I saw at first as well. Press the Ctrl & - buttons, it’ll shrink to where you can see the whole thing.

 

[MO_cows]

I own a group of Mashonas and like them quite a lot. Most of mine are polled, but I do have 2 with scurs - like the bull in the picture. I have only had them for 2 1/2 years and just had my first calves this year, but would be willing to try to answer questions on them. There are not many in the country and Jim Weaver was the one that brought the breed to the U.S. from Africa. He has web site with some pictures and history. I think that they have a niche due to their heat tolerance and mine have done well on fescue. They are a heat tolerant Bos Taurus breed.

Bos Taurus? You sure? The face, the hump and the rump all look like there is some Bos Indicus in there someplace.

I like the bull, a lot of meat on a shorter frame, he looks like. And I really like the feeder.

 

[Taurus]

I own a group of Mashonas and like them quite a lot. Most of mine are polled, but I do have 2 with scurs - like the bull in the picture. I have only had them for 2 1/2 years and just had my first calves this year, but would be willing to try to answer questions on them. There are not many in the country and Jim Weaver was the one that brought the breed to the U.S. from Africa. He has web site with some pictures and history. I think that they have a niche due to their heat tolerance and mine have done well on fescue. They are a heat tolerant Bos Taurus breed.

Bos Taurus? You sure? The face, the hump and the rump all look like there is some Bos Indicus in there someplace.

I like the bull, a lot of meat on a shorter frame, he looks like. And I really like the feeder.

He's sanga type tho many sanga cattle doesn't looks like a Bos taurus to me. They just looks like a composite between taurus and indicus to me.

 

[HDRider]

From: http://www.americanmashona.com/

Our Mashona cattle have done very well in New Mexico. Their moderate size, low birth weights, and heat tolerance serve them well. Our cows weigh about 950 lbs (431 kg) and the bulls 1350 lbs (612 kg). Average birth weights for calves are just over 50 lbs (23 kg). Dystocia is nearly unknown in this breed. Slaughter weights for the most recent group on feed were 1150 lbs (522 kg) and 1030 lbs (467 kg) for steers and heifers respectively.

 

[R V]

I own a group of Mashonas and like them quite a lot. Most of mine are polled, but I do have 2 with scurs - like the bull in the picture. I have only had them for 2 1/2 years and just had my first calves this year, but would be willing to try to answer questions on them. There are not many in the country and Jim Weaver was the one that brought the breed to the U.S. from Africa. He has web site with some pictures and history. I think that they have a niche due to their heat tolerance and mine have done well on fescue. They are a heat tolerant Bos Taurus breed.

Bos Taurus? You sure? The face, the hump and the rump all look like there is some Bos Indicus in there someplace.

I like the bull, a lot of meat on a shorter frame, he looks like. And I really like the feeder.

He's sanga type tho many sanga cattle doesn't looks like a Bos taurus to me. They just looks like a composite between taurus and indicus to me.

You are very good. By DNA, there is apparently a tiny amount of Bos Indicus (I think it was less than 1%, but has been a while since I looked the data.), but they are classified as Bos Taurus. The gene pool is apparently ~400 years old, but due to civil war and crossbreeding, there are apparently very few full bloods left in Africa.

 

[HDRider]

By the way H.D., my red Mashona bull sired my favorite longhorn cross calves this year. I was testing what I considered to be a type to type mating and the calves are much better than I anticipated and so far, he has taken off the spots (9 calves thus far). I will know more after the 6 heifers from this cross calve in a couple of years. These heifers are solid red and fancy. The 3 steer calves grew better that anticipated as well. This cross produced much better F1/hybrid vigor than I anticipated. So far, 7 of the 9 Longhorn cross calves are polled and the other 2 have what appear to be scurs.

I have to think this breed has now dynamite genetic material to offer cross breeding programs. Too bad they are so hard to find.

Please post some pictures of the LH X.

 

[R V]

H.D.,
I am planning on weaning the rest of the calves later this week and will try to get some pictures. Once I get the pictures, I will need some help posting them. Also, do you know of anyone in our area that has a group of 2014 longhorn heifers for sale. I would like to put a group together to breed back to my red Mashona bull.
Ron

 

[JWBrahman]

By the way H.D., my red Mashona bull sired my favorite longhorn cross calves this year. I was testing what I considered to be a type to type mating and the calves are much better than I anticipated and so far, he has taken off the spots (9 calves thus far). I will know more after the 6 heifers from this cross calve in a couple of years. These heifers are solid red and fancy. The 3 steer calves grew better that anticipated as well. This cross produced much better F1/hybrid vigor than I anticipated. So far, 7 of the 9 Longhorn cross calves are polled and the other 2 have what appear to be scurs.

I have to think this breed has now dynamite genetic material to offer cross breeding programs. Too bad they are so hard to find.

Please post some pictures of the LH X.

Thanks for sharing this HD, it is always fun to learn something new about cattle. What really stuck out was the high yield and over 80% of the group grading choice. If the info is correct a Mashona bull would be something to think about for those retaining ownership of their calves at the feedlot or outfits like Kingsland Ranch that sell their own beef.

RV, their is a group of LH cows for sale on the Louisiana Listings of cattlerange.

 

[andybob]

http://sangacattle.webs.com/apps/photos ... d=15667314
http://sangacattle.webs.com/apps/photos ... d=15660952
Some more Mashona bull pictures, although the number are relatively small in the USA the gene pool is large enough to be sustainable for future growth, new lines could later be imported from Australia, as there are only two registered herds left in their home country of Zimbabwe since the farm invasions of 2000, some groups were exported to South Africa in the 80's I only have contact with two breeders but more could be located with a little research. There is interest in the Drakensberger from several American ranchers, with the Tuli now starting to increase in popularity, the Sanga breeds are becoming more popular in crossbreeding programs in the southern states.

 

[HDRider]

Some more Mashona bull pictures, although the number are relatively small in the USA the gene pool is large enough to be sustainable for future growth, new lines could later be imported from Australia, as there are only two registered herds left in their home country of Zimbabwe since the farm invasions of 2000, some groups were exported to South Africa in the 80's I only have contact with two breeders but more could be located with a little research. There is interest in the Drakensberger from several American ranchers, with the Tuli now starting to increase in popularity, the Sanga breeds are becoming more popular in crossbreeding programs in the southern states.

 

[HDRider]

By the way H.D., my red Mashona bull sired my favorite longhorn cross calves this year. I was testing what I considered to be a type to type mating and the calves are much better than I anticipated and so far, he has taken off the spots (9 calves thus far). I will know more after the 6 heifers from this cross calve in a couple of years. These heifers are solid red and fancy. The 3 steer calves grew better that anticipated as well. This cross produced much better F1/hybrid vigor than I anticipated. So far, 7 of the 9 Longhorn cross calves are polled and the other 2 have what appear to be scurs.

I have to think this breed has now dynamite genetic material to offer cross breeding programs. Too bad they are so hard to find.

Please post some pictures of the LH X.

Thanks for sharing this HD, it is always fun to learn something new about cattle. What really stuck out was the high yield and over 80% of the group grading choice. If the info is correct a Mashona bull would be something to think about for those retaining ownership of their calves at the feedlot or outfits like Kingsland Ranch that sell their own beef.

RV, their is a group of LH cows for sale on the Louisiana Listings of cattlerange.

Cattle range is where we got our 26 pairs, out of the Dallas area.

http://www.cattlerange.com/B-Longhorn.html#pairs