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<blockquote data-quote="Rosielou" data-source="post: 954919" data-attributes="member: 17488"><p>The reason I like heat tolerance is because we have primarily black cattle and the heat does take a toll on them worse than the other colored cattle that we do have. Even this summer during the drought the black ones would be panting and breathing heavier than the others and neither of us liked to see that. I do realize that this summer was hotter than usual, but what is the future? If it only gets hotter, I don't want a bigger mortality rate just because of the heat. Just my thoughts.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Thank you for that, that's why I decided to wait until I got out of school to take them into consideration. I do really like the breed and I wish I could have a herd of them, but now isn't the time I guess.</p><p>British White is something I want to consider having as a hobby when I get out of school. There's a good market for them outside of commercial purposes, but right now we are a commercial operation and we can't afford to have that much of a loss just because I like the color better. I do have my own personal preferences, but I do have to take into consideration that the market wants what the market wants. Until I do get out of school, I have to go with that for now. </p><p></p><p></p><p>Jovid, would you mind if tomorrow I showed my grandfather some of your stock? Shoot me a PM if you have more pictures because I know he'll like to see them <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> </p><p></p><p>Brihop, while I do realize, as a guy told me this summer, "black is where it's at", I do have my own personal preferences. I like color more than the average commercial person, I can't let my preference get in the way of money. But since I can't have color, I figured to atleast have red or white or something other than black. No, they don't bring as much as the others but I don't want to regret myself every time I go to feed my cattle. It does sound weird, but I would rather lose a few dollars than regret my own choices. </p><p></p><p>And around here, sometimes red and white calves go for more than black calves do. Calves usually go in trends at the salebarn. If someone brings a good crop of red calves or cows, red sells the best that day. If someone brings white cows, white sells the best. While I do realize that that's gambling moreless, it's just a point that sometimes red or white or colored does sell better than black at some times. Everything except longhorns lol. </p><p></p><p>So while angus does bring most at this point, for how long, though? I like to consider anything and everything before I do something. And who knows, we might just get another angus bull. But for now, who knows <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> </p><p></p><p></p><p>Anyway, does anyone have more suggestions that we could consider? I'm going to talk with my grandfather tomorrow about this and we'd like more breeds to consider :nod:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rosielou, post: 954919, member: 17488"] The reason I like heat tolerance is because we have primarily black cattle and the heat does take a toll on them worse than the other colored cattle that we do have. Even this summer during the drought the black ones would be panting and breathing heavier than the others and neither of us liked to see that. I do realize that this summer was hotter than usual, but what is the future? If it only gets hotter, I don't want a bigger mortality rate just because of the heat. Just my thoughts. Thank you for that, that's why I decided to wait until I got out of school to take them into consideration. I do really like the breed and I wish I could have a herd of them, but now isn't the time I guess. British White is something I want to consider having as a hobby when I get out of school. There's a good market for them outside of commercial purposes, but right now we are a commercial operation and we can't afford to have that much of a loss just because I like the color better. I do have my own personal preferences, but I do have to take into consideration that the market wants what the market wants. Until I do get out of school, I have to go with that for now. Jovid, would you mind if tomorrow I showed my grandfather some of your stock? Shoot me a PM if you have more pictures because I know he'll like to see them :D Brihop, while I do realize, as a guy told me this summer, "black is where it's at", I do have my own personal preferences. I like color more than the average commercial person, I can't let my preference get in the way of money. But since I can't have color, I figured to atleast have red or white or something other than black. No, they don't bring as much as the others but I don't want to regret myself every time I go to feed my cattle. It does sound weird, but I would rather lose a few dollars than regret my own choices. And around here, sometimes red and white calves go for more than black calves do. Calves usually go in trends at the salebarn. If someone brings a good crop of red calves or cows, red sells the best that day. If someone brings white cows, white sells the best. While I do realize that that's gambling moreless, it's just a point that sometimes red or white or colored does sell better than black at some times. Everything except longhorns lol. So while angus does bring most at this point, for how long, though? I like to consider anything and everything before I do something. And who knows, we might just get another angus bull. But for now, who knows :) Anyway, does anyone have more suggestions that we could consider? I'm going to talk with my grandfather tomorrow about this and we'd like more breeds to consider :nod: [/QUOTE]
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