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<blockquote data-quote="SusanT" data-source="post: 781066" data-attributes="member: 8530"><p>All of our cattle are Salers (except for my milk cow!). Here is what I can say about them. Salers cattle were first brought into the U.S. in the mid 1970's. The foundation cattle from France were not culls. They were very good cattle. At that time Salers were worth a lot of money in America. A lot of the breeders did not know how to castrate a mean bull or butcher a mean heifer since they were worth so much, but they did know how to A.I. and embryo transplant to spread those nasty genetics around and basically turned a docile breed from France into a critter that gets well deserved comments such as flighty, wild, etc. We never had those nasty ones and are always hearing about how nice our cattle are from people in our area. Nowadays I think that most of the people raising Salers keep only the most docile cattle because the breed has such a bad disposition reputation. </p><p></p><p> Some different characteristics of Salers: They have a good memory. If they ever get mistreated they remember it. If they get well treated they remember it. They also remember where the gates are located even if they only went through it once. They are excellent swimmers. A river generally can't be used as a barrier for them. They cover the range better than any other breed we have tried thus far. Idaman mentioned that they have a very long tail switch and that is right. That is the first thing that gets noticed about our cattle. Another thing is that their tailhead is farther forward than other breeds and their pelvis is tipped forward, making them very calving ease. This makes their hind legs look crooked. Some breeders selected for straight legged Salers and now have calving problems. I can always guess the weight of a Salers and be spot on, but with other breeds I will guess about 100 lbs too heavy. In 4-H my steers always looked liked the smallest steers at the fair. When you actually got them on the scale, my steers would be in the middle or on the bigger end by weight. Salers live a long time. Our first Salers lived to be 23 years old. We have several cows that are 15 years old and older that are sound and raising good calves out in range conditions. Salers cattle are very herd oriented. If you lock a Salers cow up by herself she will be much more unhappy than, say, my Holstein milk cow. If you give her a friend (be it a pig, llama, horse, Holstein milk cow) then she will be just fine. </p><p></p><p> I love quackingduck's assessment of Salers in his first paragraph. Excellent assessment, except for the flighty part (when it comes to our cattle at least).</p><p></p><p> Our Salers work really well for us. </p><p></p><p>:compute: Sorry that I was so wordy! I'll work on that in the future! :compute:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SusanT, post: 781066, member: 8530"] All of our cattle are Salers (except for my milk cow!). Here is what I can say about them. Salers cattle were first brought into the U.S. in the mid 1970's. The foundation cattle from France were not culls. They were very good cattle. At that time Salers were worth a lot of money in America. A lot of the breeders did not know how to castrate a mean bull or butcher a mean heifer since they were worth so much, but they did know how to A.I. and embryo transplant to spread those nasty genetics around and basically turned a docile breed from France into a critter that gets well deserved comments such as flighty, wild, etc. We never had those nasty ones and are always hearing about how nice our cattle are from people in our area. Nowadays I think that most of the people raising Salers keep only the most docile cattle because the breed has such a bad disposition reputation. Some different characteristics of Salers: They have a good memory. If they ever get mistreated they remember it. If they get well treated they remember it. They also remember where the gates are located even if they only went through it once. They are excellent swimmers. A river generally can't be used as a barrier for them. They cover the range better than any other breed we have tried thus far. Idaman mentioned that they have a very long tail switch and that is right. That is the first thing that gets noticed about our cattle. Another thing is that their tailhead is farther forward than other breeds and their pelvis is tipped forward, making them very calving ease. This makes their hind legs look crooked. Some breeders selected for straight legged Salers and now have calving problems. I can always guess the weight of a Salers and be spot on, but with other breeds I will guess about 100 lbs too heavy. In 4-H my steers always looked liked the smallest steers at the fair. When you actually got them on the scale, my steers would be in the middle or on the bigger end by weight. Salers live a long time. Our first Salers lived to be 23 years old. We have several cows that are 15 years old and older that are sound and raising good calves out in range conditions. Salers cattle are very herd oriented. If you lock a Salers cow up by herself she will be much more unhappy than, say, my Holstein milk cow. If you give her a friend (be it a pig, llama, horse, Holstein milk cow) then she will be just fine. I love quackingduck's assessment of Salers in his first paragraph. Excellent assessment, except for the flighty part (when it comes to our cattle at least). Our Salers work really well for us. :compute: Sorry that I was so wordy! I'll work on that in the future! :compute: [/QUOTE]
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