Menu
Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New media
New media comments
New profile posts
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Members
Current visitors
New profile posts
Search profile posts
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles and first posts only
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Forums
Cattle Boards
Breeds Board
Simmental vs. Gelbvieh
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Help Support CattleToday:
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Nesikep" data-source="post: 889999" data-attributes="member: 9096"><p>Looking at the stayability chart on the link posted (Interesting BTW, thanks), it's surprising to see that the listed breeds (GV, Simm, RA), all the herds are in the 50% range at 6 years... I would have expected it a bit higher, though that does include all reasons for culling I assume... I have a couple cows who'll be 5 this spring, and I could have gotten rid of them a long time ago for poor performance. Of the 6 heifers we kept in 2004, we still have 5 of them, 2005 is 2/2, 2006 is 3/4, 2007 and 2008 are at 100% but there are a couple are at the top of my cull list if I need room for better performers. All listed animals above are Shorthorn crosses. I do find it true that if a cow makes it to 5 years old, there's a good chance that she'll make it to 10. So the longest lived cow we ever had was a very blonde baldie herf cross (x RA + Simm?), I have one now who'll be 16 and I've kept about 4 heifers to replace her and she keeps going.</p><p></p><p>From what I can see with the Gelbvieh heifers I have is that they're suckers for attention, there was one I was worried about (mother is a witch), but the day I weaned her she became a doll to work with... I guess mom was giving her bad vibes. The two older GV heifers are nice, both should be milkable when necessary, both have a couple handfuls of udder and they're 3 months from calving. I'll be able to say more by falltime one how their calves grow</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nesikep, post: 889999, member: 9096"] Looking at the stayability chart on the link posted (Interesting BTW, thanks), it's surprising to see that the listed breeds (GV, Simm, RA), all the herds are in the 50% range at 6 years... I would have expected it a bit higher, though that does include all reasons for culling I assume... I have a couple cows who'll be 5 this spring, and I could have gotten rid of them a long time ago for poor performance. Of the 6 heifers we kept in 2004, we still have 5 of them, 2005 is 2/2, 2006 is 3/4, 2007 and 2008 are at 100% but there are a couple are at the top of my cull list if I need room for better performers. All listed animals above are Shorthorn crosses. I do find it true that if a cow makes it to 5 years old, there's a good chance that she'll make it to 10. So the longest lived cow we ever had was a very blonde baldie herf cross (x RA + Simm?), I have one now who'll be 16 and I've kept about 4 heifers to replace her and she keeps going. From what I can see with the Gelbvieh heifers I have is that they're suckers for attention, there was one I was worried about (mother is a witch), but the day I weaned her she became a doll to work with... I guess mom was giving her bad vibes. The two older GV heifers are nice, both should be milkable when necessary, both have a couple handfuls of udder and they're 3 months from calving. I'll be able to say more by falltime one how their calves grow [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Cattle Boards
Breeds Board
Simmental vs. Gelbvieh
Top