greenwillowhereford II":a3djbyl1 said:
Beefy, muscular, straight topped bulls, stout calves. I'm guessing mostly Simmental, and the old time variety at that. There are some that look like they have some Hereford influence, which I attribute to the early simmi pioneers "breeding up" their Herf based herds. The first almost looked like he could have some Beefmaster to me. Is the solid colored bull a Red Angus?
Yes, it mostly simmental. All my cows are atleast 50% simmental, a great part of the herd is sim x char cows.
I use the Red Angus bull (the solid red) on cows that is sim x char, to get a three way cross to get as much out of the heterosis as possible.
I dont have any Hereford influense in my herd, i am always looking for dark red simbulls to my cows, cause i like te color. To the heifers i try to find dark red simbulls but it´s hard to find one that have low birthweigt. It seems to me that the yellow sims are a bit thinner and have lower birthweigt then the dark red.
The first bull is a pure sim, as a matter of fact we dont have Beefmaster in sweden.