opinions? (pic)

[milkmaid]

 

[jaydill]

Nice calf. I'd like to see a little more rear and bone on her, though. What's she got in her?

 

[ALACOWMAN]

MY guess is angus/hols. nice heifer

 

[jaydill]

MY guess is angus/hols. nice heifer

That's what I was thinkin too. I like her.

 

[AngusLimoX]

You are gonna laugh but I have an angus/holstein cross that could be her twin.

Was given to me by a dairy friend whose heifers I bred with my bull.

I bottle raised her and now can't get her outta my hair in the barnyard. :lol:

 

[Jeanne - Simme Valley]

Nice heifer Milkmaid -Angus X Holstein?? my guess. Little lite boned. Macho would give her more bone

 

[crossbreed curt]

My guss is a angus.

 

[farmerD44]

possibly brown swiss x holstein?????

Dan.

 

[milkmaid]

She is a holstein/angus cross. Just kinda wanted to see what you folks thought of her. I know I like her length, and she has okay depth for a heifer, but my biggest complaint about her is the lack of bone.

Not sure what I'm going to do with her. She's inbetween the two worlds, beef and dairy. I've seen hol/angus crosses out in the beef herds that throw nice calves, bred back to a beef bull...she could be a nurse cow for someone...or she'd prolly taste pretty good on someone's plate. 8) Anyone have any comments? she something any of you folks out there would consider, and for what purpose?

 

[Beefy]

i think shed make a fine commercial brood cow.

 

[Caustic Burno]

Now I have a question looks like a decent animal how do the udders hold up with just a calf on one with that holstien influence? Might pm Frankie about registering it. ;-)

 

[Beefy]

ive never had a problem with udder quality with a angusxholstein or holsteinxlimousin. thats the only thing ive ever crossed with a holstein other than beefmaster though and never had a beefmasterxholstein heifer, EVER, b/c i wanted one.

 

[MikeC]

She'll make a good mama. Just breed her to a good Char bull with lots of bone and muscle. You might just wean a 1000 lb. calf with no creep. :lol: :lol:

 

[greenwillowherefords]

Breed her to a Hereford bull with some good bone, and let her raise a big black baldie.

 

[Rustler9]

Nice heifer-I think she'd make a fine brood cow. Breed her to a beef bull-something low birth weight for the first time. I wouldn't recommend a Charolais for her first calf. More likely an Angus or Hereford.

 

[AngusLimoX]

Ours is gonna be bred BA, and offspring to freezer sales.

We have a Brown Swiss that has always given us our best BA freezer animals. She could calve without lifting her head at the hay ring too.

If there is any room for that kind of thing in your operation that heifer is worth keeping as a momma.

I know ours is staying. :lol:

 

[milkmaid]

Thanks for the opinions on her. Now for another question. What would a heifer like this be worth? Going by the average weight of the lot I sold last fall (same cross and size as her) and adding a 2lb/day gain, she should be ~660lbs or so, maybe a bit more. She's been on ~8lbs/day of grain all winter + alfalfa hay, so perhaps she's gained better than that.

Next question. Say you were interested in a heifer like this one. Would you be more interested in her as a bred heifer or a open heifer? And if you'd be more interested in her as a bred heifer...bred to what? and due to calve when? short bred or heavy bred?

I like her okay, but I don't really have room for an animal like her in my "operation". Besides the fact that college is coming up fast (this fall) and I'll have to do some downsizing. I've already decided on some of the cows/calves as to who's staying and who's going, and this is one of the ones that's going.

Thanks again

 

[jaydill]

I think I'd be interested in her open so that I could do what I wanted with her.

 

[milkmaid]

Now I have a question looks like a decent animal how do the udders hold up with just a calf on one with that holstien influence? Might pm Frankie about registering it. ;-)

Not sure about with a calf on them. The ones I've seen that are in a milking herd (grand total of two), had well put together udders that held up well. (FWIW, I see a lot of holsteins in the milking herd whose udders aren't holding up very well.) I know which one this heifer's dam is, and she has a nicely built udder with the floor at or slightly above her hocks. This heifer should do well too.

Can you register a cross like this? Besides the fact that I don't know anything about her sire other than that he was one of the black bulls on the neighbor's pasture. :lol:

 

[stocky]

Milkmaid, If I were you, I would not keep this heifer. I know it is a long distance, but the best thing you can do for that heifer is ship her to my place. She will get bred to an angus bull the first time and raise a 500 lb calf and then she will be bred to a charlois bull each time for the next 15 years and raise 750 lb calves while being well fed and well taken care of. I love those angus holstein crosses, although they do hold up better if they are only 1/4 holstein and not 1/2 holstein---great cross to raise huge beef calves and bred to a charlois the calves sell great