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<blockquote data-quote="Australian Cattleman" data-source="post: 88836" data-attributes="member: 285"><p>Yes love them.</p><p>We have been using them for fifteen years now and love them. We breed pure cattle as well as cross them with our pure Brahman. We also have a commercial herd of Herefords and Black Baldy and cross them over these. We have also crossed them with Gelbvieh and Charolais with good results. About to try them with Simmental,I'm sure we won't be disappointed.</p><p>The good things about them;</p><p>They have the most beautiful temperament both pure and when crossed.</p><p>They have plenty of milk.</p><p>They add weight to whatever crossed with.</p><p>They rear their calves with not a lot of thought for themselves.</p><p>They seem to respond after a dry spell more quickly than most other British breeds.</p><p>The first cross mothers are proving to be excellent. SD/Hereford have a white face and are usually solid brown. We cross them to either SD or Hereford which makes them straight brown or with Hereford type markings.</p><p>Crossing SD seems to soften some of the Euro type breeds.</p><p>The negatives that we have come across here in Australia is their confusion with red Devons (which they are not related to, though cross very well with them).</p><p>Their yellowish colour sometimes can be a deterent.Though we have darker coloured ones as well as lighter ones and some blacks as well.</p><p>Their birthweight sometimes can be a problem,so sensible use of them needs be considered. We use principly Grove Brutus or Hannibal bloodline cattle which are excellent calving bulls.</p><p>We never rely on EPDs or Breedplan as it is too risky.</p><p>We have had the odd case of mastitis when there has been an abundance of feed ( which isn't very often)</p><p>We have had the occasional foot problem (long toes) but have traced this back to a particular bloodline and got rid of them.</p><p>They are a later maturing breed,so to keep steers to feed,crossbred ones are the way to go.</p><p>We generally sell our pure bulls into Santa Gertrudis,Hereford,Angus and Shorthorn herds.</p><p>Our South Brahvon bulls are sold to mainly Bos Indicus type cattle breeders,wanting that touch of British but not too much.</p><p>Hope this might help you out.</p><p>Colin & Helen <a href="http://www.southdevonbeefcattle.com.au" target="_blank">http://www.southdevonbeefcattle.com.au</a> (Chevalley SDs)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Australian Cattleman, post: 88836, member: 285"] Yes love them. We have been using them for fifteen years now and love them. We breed pure cattle as well as cross them with our pure Brahman. We also have a commercial herd of Herefords and Black Baldy and cross them over these. We have also crossed them with Gelbvieh and Charolais with good results. About to try them with Simmental,I'm sure we won't be disappointed. The good things about them; They have the most beautiful temperament both pure and when crossed. They have plenty of milk. They add weight to whatever crossed with. They rear their calves with not a lot of thought for themselves. They seem to respond after a dry spell more quickly than most other British breeds. The first cross mothers are proving to be excellent. SD/Hereford have a white face and are usually solid brown. We cross them to either SD or Hereford which makes them straight brown or with Hereford type markings. Crossing SD seems to soften some of the Euro type breeds. The negatives that we have come across here in Australia is their confusion with red Devons (which they are not related to, though cross very well with them). Their yellowish colour sometimes can be a deterent.Though we have darker coloured ones as well as lighter ones and some blacks as well. Their birthweight sometimes can be a problem,so sensible use of them needs be considered. We use principly Grove Brutus or Hannibal bloodline cattle which are excellent calving bulls. We never rely on EPDs or Breedplan as it is too risky. We have had the odd case of mastitis when there has been an abundance of feed ( which isn't very often) We have had the occasional foot problem (long toes) but have traced this back to a particular bloodline and got rid of them. They are a later maturing breed,so to keep steers to feed,crossbred ones are the way to go. We generally sell our pure bulls into Santa Gertrudis,Hereford,Angus and Shorthorn herds. Our South Brahvon bulls are sold to mainly Bos Indicus type cattle breeders,wanting that touch of British but not too much. Hope this might help you out. Colin & Helen [url=http://www.southdevonbeefcattle.com.au]http://www.southdevonbeefcattle.com.au[/url] (Chevalley SDs) [/QUOTE]
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