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<blockquote data-quote="grubbie" data-source="post: 610975" data-attributes="member: 5478"><p>Yes we could use a low BW hereford or angus. But, we can't afford ANY calving difficulty as we both work full time and there is no one else to watch or help. They have to do it on their own for the most part. In the past, if a heifer has trouble, and we are working, we lose the heifer as well as the calf. So not only for the cost factor, also the humane factor, we use a longhorn bull. The calves come out real small and hit the ground running. Never had to pull a calf since, and the calves don't seem to take a price cut here as folks say they do in other areas. They have been weaning at nearly the same weight as the other calves. Most importantly to us, though, is that we have a live calf and live cow in the end. If we were full time ranchers, we would certainly use different heifer bulls.</p><p>The cows are all hereford/angus mix. Some baldies, some all red, some all black, but all are hereford angus cross. One exception is a half longhorn heifer that we kept just because she is cool lookin'. No horns, but has the skunk stripe down her back. She's a big girl too, we'll see how she does. She is bred to that longhorn in the pic, can't wait to see what that critter looks like.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="grubbie, post: 610975, member: 5478"] Yes we could use a low BW hereford or angus. But, we can't afford ANY calving difficulty as we both work full time and there is no one else to watch or help. They have to do it on their own for the most part. In the past, if a heifer has trouble, and we are working, we lose the heifer as well as the calf. So not only for the cost factor, also the humane factor, we use a longhorn bull. The calves come out real small and hit the ground running. Never had to pull a calf since, and the calves don't seem to take a price cut here as folks say they do in other areas. They have been weaning at nearly the same weight as the other calves. Most importantly to us, though, is that we have a live calf and live cow in the end. If we were full time ranchers, we would certainly use different heifer bulls. The cows are all hereford/angus mix. Some baldies, some all red, some all black, but all are hereford angus cross. One exception is a half longhorn heifer that we kept just because she is cool lookin'. No horns, but has the skunk stripe down her back. She's a big girl too, we'll see how she does. She is bred to that longhorn in the pic, can't wait to see what that critter looks like. [/QUOTE]
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