My friend's Brahman cattle.

[Taurus]

Help out with a bud today at his dairy farm today, I had a chance to take a picture of his Brahman cattle.

3/4 Brahman

3/4 Brahman

1/2 Holstein, 1/2 Brahman

He also have two 1/2 Brahman calves born yesterday out of holstein cows.

 

[thommoos]

WHY?? :?: :2cents:

Brahma in Minn??? I see snow, no makee sensee.

 

[TennesseeTuxedo]

Looks like Bez was right. Welcome back to Cattle Today Taurus.

 

[Bigfoot]

I thought the same thing till I checked the date. Never swa the thread till today though. Oh we'll. I kinda like the cross. Just not that far north.

 

[TennesseeTuxedo]

I missed that Bigfoot.

Oh well, maybe he'll be back someday.'

 

[Bigfoot]

I suspicion he has a few user names, and never really left. Maybe even had a few conversations with himself.

 

[Caustic Burno]

As far as Brimmer's go those look like a gut with the shyt slung out of it.

 

[ALACOWMAN]

looks like a miserable place for em, good thing they got plenty feed in front of em...

 

[Taurus]

He kept them in the shelters with the dairy cows during the winters. He don't sell them through as he keep the steers for the freezer beef.

 

[3waycross]

He kept them in the shelters with the dairy cows during the winters. He don't sell them through as he keep the steers for the freezer beef.[/quote]

Why would he do that with holstein steers to eat?

 

[Taurus]

He recieved a brahman heifer calf as a gift from his boss few years ago. He don't keep holstein bull calves for freezer beef so that is what he eat these brahman for beef.

 

[Bigfoot]

Welcome back Taurus.

 

[greybeard]

Not the kind of build on Brahma I'm used to seein but ya can't mistake those ears. Dang what a mudhole tho!

 

[Taurus]

Not the kind of build on Brahma I'm used to seein but ya can't mistake those ears. Dang what a mudhole tho!

Been raining for a week and half plus snowing for two days. They do have access to the pasture. The friend running 340 head of dairy cattle on the farm. So far he doesn't have any issues with the Brahman cattle in the winter.

All but one are not purebred Brahman.

 

[greybeard]

I've seen Brahma in NW Oklahoma, around Elk City and IMO, their ain't a windier colder place in the world as far as I'm concerned.

Yeah, I remember what the area around my uncle's dairy barn out in Nolan County Texas looked like in the winter--mud just like that.

That cross should result in some super calf raising cows with real good foraging ability. Brahma already milk pretty good anyway.
What kind of bw do they have?

 

[Taurus]

I've seen Brahma in NW Oklahoma, around Elk City and IMO, their ain't a windier colder place in the world as far as I'm concerned.

Yeah, I remember what the area around my uncle's dairy barn out in Nolan County Texas looked like in the winter--mud just like that.

That cross should result in some super calf raising cows with real good foraging ability. Brahma already milk pretty good anyway.
What kind of bw do they have?

All I know is that he did A.I on them, using Brahman semen. I should ask him who's the sire he used for A.I. I seen the new F1 Brahman sired calves (both are born last month) out of the holstein cows weren't very big, I would guess to say about 70-ish pounds at birth. He do have a F1 cow using for dairy, but all calves out of the Brahman cow were all bulls and the calves out of a F1 cow (her dam is a holstein cow) were all bulls. The new calves were both bulls. So basically he is struggling to get a heifer out of them.

 

[High Cotton]

I've seen Brahma in NW Oklahoma, around Elk City and IMO, their ain't a windier colder place in the world as far as I'm concerned.

Yeah, I remember what the area around my uncle's dairy barn out in Nolan County Texas looked like in the winter--mud just like that.

That cross should result in some super calf raising cows with real good foraging ability. Brahma already milk pretty good anyway.
What kind of bw do they have?

All I know is that he did A.I on them, using Brahman semen. I should ask him who's the sire he used for A.I. I seen the new F1 Brahman sired calves (both are born last month) out of the holstein cows weren't very big, I would guess to say about 70-ish pounds at birth. He do have a F1 cow using for dairy, but all calves out of the Brahman cow were all bulls and the calves out of a F1 cow (her dam is a holstein cow) were all bulls. The new calves were both bulls. So basically he is struggling to get a heifer out of them.

Whats the possibility he got sexed semen?

 

[greybeard]

'Sexed semen'--That's a possibility I hadn't thought of either.

 

[Taurus]

That's good possibility that he got sexed semen by mistake. I will have to ask him few questions when I have a chance. I doubt he ordered sexed semen on purpose through as he does A.I on all of their cattle.

 

[Taurus]

He do not use sexed semen and he used two registered Brahman sires but he don't remember what is their names since he brought them online. He sold the original momma brahman cow last week because she comes up open twice, so right now he only have a F1 cow left with all these steers. The grey steer was butchered and I have a Brahman steak in the freezer right now.