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<blockquote data-quote="Jeanne - Simme Valley" data-source="post: 1821415" data-attributes="member: 968"><p>It appears the horned cow (that we can see) is going to have a hard time raising that nice calf. Tough calving with feed on the ground like that. I got close to trying to do that this past spring - but, our rains came finally and wouldn't quit.</p><p>I love the red cattle and I am fortunate enough to be able to breed as many as I want. Seedstock buyers are paying a premium for red heifer calves (can't keep them in my herd!) and my feedlot buyer doesn't care what color they are. So any black cows that are carrying red gene generally gets bred to a red bull or at least a hetero black bull. I've been lucky to get my share of the 25% reds out of black/black parents.</p><p>I know many years ago, the Herefords got a bad reputation from the feedlots because they put on too much fat and were hard to marble. I would "assume" the breed has isolated blood lines that are fitting the feedlot standards. I always admired the Herefords when we lived in Kansas - big rangy cows. Then when we moved out here, it was like "what the he!! did the breeders do to the Herefords. But, few years later we realized everyone out here had only POLLED Herefords. They were a bunch of dinks. Now that the two breeds merged as 1 association, the Herefords are more impressive than the Angus breed. Angus went backwards (IMHO) and the Herefords have done a major job improving - at least improving EYE appeal - big volumed, heavy muscled - more my kind of cow. I don't know if they perform well in the feedlots.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jeanne - Simme Valley, post: 1821415, member: 968"] It appears the horned cow (that we can see) is going to have a hard time raising that nice calf. Tough calving with feed on the ground like that. I got close to trying to do that this past spring - but, our rains came finally and wouldn't quit. I love the red cattle and I am fortunate enough to be able to breed as many as I want. Seedstock buyers are paying a premium for red heifer calves (can't keep them in my herd!) and my feedlot buyer doesn't care what color they are. So any black cows that are carrying red gene generally gets bred to a red bull or at least a hetero black bull. I've been lucky to get my share of the 25% reds out of black/black parents. I know many years ago, the Herefords got a bad reputation from the feedlots because they put on too much fat and were hard to marble. I would "assume" the breed has isolated blood lines that are fitting the feedlot standards. I always admired the Herefords when we lived in Kansas - big rangy cows. Then when we moved out here, it was like "what the he!! did the breeders do to the Herefords. But, few years later we realized everyone out here had only POLLED Herefords. They were a bunch of dinks. Now that the two breeds merged as 1 association, the Herefords are more impressive than the Angus breed. Angus went backwards (IMHO) and the Herefords have done a major job improving - at least improving EYE appeal - big volumed, heavy muscled - more my kind of cow. I don't know if they perform well in the feedlots. [/QUOTE]
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