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<blockquote data-quote="Nesikep" data-source="post: 1181867" data-attributes="member: 9096"><p>Randiliana has some very nice SHx animals indeed</p><p></p><p>I would be hesitant to say shorthorns are too docile.. There are lines I'm sure that are, but we have a number of SH cows that are meaner than hell at calving time (they're fine the other 362 days of the year though), and I have others that are always very nice. Speaking in generalities, I found the GV to be more docile, and if the new Limo bull we have is any indication of his calves, they're all going to be suckers for pettings.</p><p>Apart from market trends with color, I would say my biggest concern with SH's is to get meaty ones, and not skinny looking racks. For those who have seen Sabine (I posted a video of her enormous udder with a gallon of colostrum in each quarter), she looks like a coat rack, I don't think she's ever been over a BCS of 4, mean as tarnation for 4 days after calving, but has had the first calf if the year about 6 times, so she always breeds back, raises her steers to over 700 lbs at weaning, and her daughters have been pretty darned good too (and much more docile). </p><p>Mega, my 'milk cow', (1/4SH), and her mother (1/2 SH) are both excellent cows, Mega is giving me 1 1/2 gallons of milk a day in 1 milking, and that's after raising a 600 lb steer in 150 days.</p><p>SH's also have good maternal calving ease in my experience.. Mega's mother routinely had 140 lb bulls and never had an ounce of trouble doing it, Mega had a 130 lb bull this year with no trouble either, Yes, all our birthweights are pretty high, but they are very rarely beyond the cow's capacity... For hard pulls, I'd say I'm around 3-4%, with losses due to large calves at under 1%. </p><p></p><p>SH's do have a lot of good sides to them and I'll probably keep a percentage in my herd, though for me I think I'd like to keep it under 1/2 in the mommas.</p><p>As with any cow, a heavy producer is going to need some groceries to do it with.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nesikep, post: 1181867, member: 9096"] Randiliana has some very nice SHx animals indeed I would be hesitant to say shorthorns are too docile.. There are lines I'm sure that are, but we have a number of SH cows that are meaner than hell at calving time (they're fine the other 362 days of the year though), and I have others that are always very nice. Speaking in generalities, I found the GV to be more docile, and if the new Limo bull we have is any indication of his calves, they're all going to be suckers for pettings. Apart from market trends with color, I would say my biggest concern with SH's is to get meaty ones, and not skinny looking racks. For those who have seen Sabine (I posted a video of her enormous udder with a gallon of colostrum in each quarter), she looks like a coat rack, I don't think she's ever been over a BCS of 4, mean as tarnation for 4 days after calving, but has had the first calf if the year about 6 times, so she always breeds back, raises her steers to over 700 lbs at weaning, and her daughters have been pretty darned good too (and much more docile). Mega, my 'milk cow', (1/4SH), and her mother (1/2 SH) are both excellent cows, Mega is giving me 1 1/2 gallons of milk a day in 1 milking, and that's after raising a 600 lb steer in 150 days. SH's also have good maternal calving ease in my experience.. Mega's mother routinely had 140 lb bulls and never had an ounce of trouble doing it, Mega had a 130 lb bull this year with no trouble either, Yes, all our birthweights are pretty high, but they are very rarely beyond the cow's capacity... For hard pulls, I'd say I'm around 3-4%, with losses due to large calves at under 1%. SH's do have a lot of good sides to them and I'll probably keep a percentage in my herd, though for me I think I'd like to keep it under 1/2 in the mommas. As with any cow, a heavy producer is going to need some groceries to do it with. [/QUOTE]
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