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<blockquote data-quote="Randi" data-source="post: 1336742" data-attributes="member: 24883"><p>We are trying, mostly to go with a 3 way cross on the market calves. A good 2 way for the cows. Most of the cows are a mix of Red/Black Angus and Shorthorn now. Although we still have a number of straight Angus and some Angus x Hereford in the mix, and of course a few straight Shorthorn.</p><p></p><p>I think that the ultimate cross would be to have Gelbveih x Shorthorn (Red Angus would be a close second for me) and to cross them onto a Char bull. I think that cross would be hard to beat. I'd do it, but DH doesn't quite agree with me. It took me a long time to get the Shorthorns added, and this is the 2nd calf crop of Char x calves.....</p><p></p><p>We originally considered running Tan or even Red Char bulls (there's a breeder close by that breeds a lot of red ones), but in the end decided to go with White ones. The thought was to get a more consistent group of calves. White bulls will nearly always throw a Tan or Grey calf on our Red and Black cows. Using a Tan bull and we'd have every colour...Red, Black, Tan and Grey... Of course we will still have a few red and black steers, but that will be a minimal number.</p><p></p><p>As far as bloodlines go, I really have no idea. We look at numbers (EPD's and Actual ones) and then look at the bull. And, as we're using them for a terminal cross, we don't have to worry about much more than calving ease and growth.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Randi, post: 1336742, member: 24883"] We are trying, mostly to go with a 3 way cross on the market calves. A good 2 way for the cows. Most of the cows are a mix of Red/Black Angus and Shorthorn now. Although we still have a number of straight Angus and some Angus x Hereford in the mix, and of course a few straight Shorthorn. I think that the ultimate cross would be to have Gelbveih x Shorthorn (Red Angus would be a close second for me) and to cross them onto a Char bull. I think that cross would be hard to beat. I'd do it, but DH doesn't quite agree with me. It took me a long time to get the Shorthorns added, and this is the 2nd calf crop of Char x calves..... We originally considered running Tan or even Red Char bulls (there's a breeder close by that breeds a lot of red ones), but in the end decided to go with White ones. The thought was to get a more consistent group of calves. White bulls will nearly always throw a Tan or Grey calf on our Red and Black cows. Using a Tan bull and we'd have every colour...Red, Black, Tan and Grey... Of course we will still have a few red and black steers, but that will be a minimal number. As far as bloodlines go, I really have no idea. We look at numbers (EPD's and Actual ones) and then look at the bull. And, as we're using them for a terminal cross, we don't have to worry about much more than calving ease and growth. [/QUOTE]
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