Amen to that, brother. A tried and true cross.
Think she will make milk?
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Last week, I took that boy that wanted me to help him set up in the cow business to see a herd of Red Angus, and he ended up getting 22 cows with Black Hereford calves, bred back the same way. These were born in May and June. The youngest cow was 3 and the oldest is 6, so he is gonna be set for a while. Dang good looking set of calves.... I guess the "reverse black baldies" will work just as well as traditional. Clay brought him some open 18 mos old Brangus heifers Saturday,,, 6 black and 5 red. So yesterday, he went back to the red angus guy and talked him into selling that Black Hereford bull. It is 3 yr old, and is homozygous for black and polled. pretty decent looking bull, actually. He turned it in with those heifers, so he is gonna be having some super black baldy calves around July. I asked him if he still wanted some Angus and Hereford cows. I had found several good ones of both kinds, but he says he wants to stick with the red Angus and red Brangus and Black Hereford bull thing for the time being. He has 33 cows now, and when he gets 35 he will qualify for the cross-fencing program . He said his cousin has two solid red 1st calf Simms he is going to get, so that will make his 35.
These red Angus cows are NICE. Had they been black, they would have been over $3k for the 3 n 1 packages, instead of the $2k he paid. @Sthrncwboy , if you are lurking. how about posting the pics of those red angus cows with the black baldy calves?
For the 4th time in about 3 weeks, I have seen some red Angus cows that just impressed the heck out of me! Went to look at some yesterday, that had calves sired by a BWF Simm bull. They were about half solid black and half with that white forehead patch you see on some Simms. I guess I just really haven't paid much attention to today's red angus til here lately. I guessed the age of his calves to be 2 months older than they were. I asked if he was about to wean them, and he said no, they are just 4 to 5 months old. There wasn;t a one that won;t weigh over 500 lbs. I tyold him about my young friend, who was looking for some red angus to breed tohis Black Hereford for some blackbaldies. He said he was thinking the same thing! Said he was considerig selling his bull and buying a BH. He wanted black baldies too! I was thinking to myself "I wouldn;t change a THING in his program". I asked what he wanted for the bull. and I told him I had run up on some good Black HJereford bulls lately, and he asked me would I want to do some trading. On the way home, I called my friend and told him about this BWF Simm bull. The man wanted twice what he paid for the Black Hereford this week. He asked me about how the calves looked and said no, he wanted black baldies..that those calves wouldn;t have enough white! I told him to trade that $2k bull he just bought for this man's $5k bull ( it is registered), then sell it and buy another Black Hereford bull and have money left over. But he don't want to do that. Said " WHat happens if it breeds my Brangus before I sell it?!!" So, I gave up! Run into people like this all the time with horses. People willbuy a mediocre palomino, buck skin, or paint for way more thana they could have gotten an outstanding bay for! I have made out like a bandit the past few decades by trading a sorry palomino. buckskin or paint for world-class potential bays, greys and chestnuts! There was 16 of those cows, and if I wasn't retired, I would buy them myself, and get a solid black, homo Simm bull and show them both how to sell calves! Well, with just 16, I would just AI. We gonna get those for my young friend, though Dude wants $3k a pair for them, and I know those steers will wean 700 or better, and bring $2.50 plus each. So he won't have but about $1300 each in those cows.
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MurraysMutts
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Waiting patiently for mama to fuel back up!
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MurraysMutts
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Bessie has done a good job. This lil fart has come a Looooong ways. She's sold.
I'll pull her off end of month.
I'll pull her off end of month.
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MurraysMutts
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So Bessie has raised 4 good solid calves this year.
I didn't get a pic of Jimmy. He should 400lbs anyway. I'll update tmrw. The blonde heifer went to my neighbor.
Break time for Bessie! More pics later.
I didn't get a pic of Jimmy. He should 400lbs anyway. I'll update tmrw. The blonde heifer went to my neighbor.
Break time for Bessie! More pics later.
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Just love this. Well done Bessie and @MurraysMutts! Love this thread. Wish we could make $ on doing this. Is Bessie due to dry up for calving now?
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Unless they have a baby calf REAL cheap today. I would let raise one til mid January against my better judgment
