@Caustic Burno you have any Brimmer x Hereford cows or heifers?
Thank you for the kind words but there is always some one with some thing better. If nothing else you are always trying to make them more consistent, or cheaper, or more volume... some thing.That top heifer...DAMN!!!! I could move a truck load of them every day, and twice on Sunday. I don't blame you for keeping this one! Sorry to to tell ya, but there is no way you can improve on your breeding program,. Brute. You can;t improve on perfection
With a small herd you need to aim at consistency. Making black/bwf calves looks like it should be the goal for your herd, and try to make frame score match.I have a small herd of about 10 black cows, 5 baldys, and a black bull. I am looking to add a few more heifers to the herd and am considering herefords or charolais but am open to anything. What are everyone's opinions on what I should get next?
Cow's these are full sisters.@Caustic Burno you have any Brimmer x Hereford cows or heifers?
Hell yeah! Those are the right kind, too. Looks like all anyone would need to do to get up a herd of the right kind is to go to Texas and see you and Brute! These kind of cows would be an excellent choice for @CattleFarmer17 to breed to his Angus bull. Yours and @Brute 23's. Down here and parts even further south, I wouldn't hesitate to use a reg Brangus bull on them, either.Cow's these are full sisters.
Some raised some bought. I go for best value at the time.@Brute 23 and @Caustic Burno , these F1 Brafords y'all have... are you breeding them from purebred Brahmans and purebred Herefords yourself?
Need to use some of the eggs and go to a Hereford bull also. If the F1s are jam up it would be nice to keep her genetics alive.Not sure how far we are apart. I am about 75 miles west of the Sabine.
I am thinking about flushing and storing the eggs or embryos from this girl, she is my last registered Hereford.
She is an 08 model.
Or putting her over at my neighbors with his registered Brahman.
Damn! Brafords ,plus speckeled trout and redfish?!!! Got any Peppy-bred QH's too?I'm 5-6hrs south down the coast. Less than 1hr north of Corpus Christi.
Check out that top pic, @CattleFarmer17 . That is what you'd get with a cow like that bred to BB homozygous for black Angus bull. Top dollar if the calf is a steer, awesome replacement if it is a heifer. If I was a young man starting out in the cow business today ( or how I should have done 40 years ago) , I would just buy reg Brahmas, Black Angus and Polled Hereford. And registered Brangus and Braford. I believe those 3 foundation breeds and those 2 composite breeds, is all a man needs to get good momma cows, top-selling steers, and relatively trouble free calving and over all health. I might do like I do with my prize winning chili....tweak the recipe every one in a while, mixing these 5 breeds....just to see if I might like the new concoction better
I had some mighty fine QH back in the day.Damn! Brafords ,plus speckeled trout and redfish?!!! Got any Peppy-bred QH's too?
Yes! I would like to get just one like that, a half dozen good specks, and a half dozen flounder, and I am as happy as you can get on a boat! Or at least as happy as I can get on a boat now at my age!!I had some mighty fine QH back in the day.
You mean reds like this.
I just bought a bigger one in September to chase specks and bass. Won a many a tournament on Galveston Bay with specks.Yes! I would like to get just one like that, a half dozen good specks, and a half dozen flounder, and I am as happy as you can get on a boat! Or at least as happy as I can get on a boat now at my age!!