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<blockquote data-quote="DiamondSCattleCo" data-source="post: 221086" data-attributes="member: 2862"><p>1) Generally very good. I have seen some bigger teats on some lines, but its easy to clean up.</p><p></p><p>2) Some of the older Shorthorns can be a little snotty when dropping calves, although I'm not sure it would be a greater percentage than other breeds. Perhaps a few more than Angus. And due to the show ring animals, it can be tough to find a decent hind end on a bull. </p><p></p><p>Perhaps the biggest drawback is there aren't many Shorthorn breeders around these days, so the really good bulls get snapped up quick, and you'll get left with picking a bull that has some flaws. On the plus side, if you're crossing to a good commercial cow, those flaws will be minimized.</p><p></p><p>3) Never crossed to a red limo, but unless there is something different genetically about the color red in limo, if its a red Shortie, you're going to get mostly red calves with a couple roans or roan marks splashed in the mix. White bull will probably throw a fair number of roans, and a roan bull somewhat less. If its a homozygous black Angus, you'll probably see more roan markings out of the red bull, but all the calves will be black. Again, white bulls and roans will throw even more roan. A black/red angus cow is going to give you everything, with aforementioned increase in roans with the white and roan bulls.</p><p></p><p>Rod</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DiamondSCattleCo, post: 221086, member: 2862"] 1) Generally very good. I have seen some bigger teats on some lines, but its easy to clean up. 2) Some of the older Shorthorns can be a little snotty when dropping calves, although I'm not sure it would be a greater percentage than other breeds. Perhaps a few more than Angus. And due to the show ring animals, it can be tough to find a decent hind end on a bull. Perhaps the biggest drawback is there aren't many Shorthorn breeders around these days, so the really good bulls get snapped up quick, and you'll get left with picking a bull that has some flaws. On the plus side, if you're crossing to a good commercial cow, those flaws will be minimized. 3) Never crossed to a red limo, but unless there is something different genetically about the color red in limo, if its a red Shortie, you're going to get mostly red calves with a couple roans or roan marks splashed in the mix. White bull will probably throw a fair number of roans, and a roan bull somewhat less. If its a homozygous black Angus, you'll probably see more roan markings out of the red bull, but all the calves will be black. Again, white bulls and roans will throw even more roan. A black/red angus cow is going to give you everything, with aforementioned increase in roans with the white and roan bulls. Rod [/QUOTE]
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