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<blockquote data-quote="elkwc" data-source="post: 1512285" data-attributes="member: 22295"><p>Jeanne my experience was in the mid 80's to early 90's. The breeder yesterday his experience was in the late 90's. He said when you rode into a pasture their heads went up and they left. Two instances I will never forget. First the lot where my Dad ran their outside cattle for them fed cattle for several large ranches in TX every fall and winter after they weaned their calves. One ranch had a top reg Char herd and a top group of commercial Hereford cows that they ran the Char bulls on. Very nice calves. When the owner was sick the son moved the reg Char bulls to the commercial herd and put Chi bulls on the Char cows. Didn't take Dad long to change things later. But when the resulting steers got to the lot they just roamed pens. They went wherever they wanted in the 45,000 hd lot. None of the packers wanted them. I know the last 3 all went over 1,800 and was shipped to a killer cow plant. Dad had to rope each of them to get them to the chute and on the truck. The lot wanted no more of that. Then one Sat spring afternoon my BIL got a call and a neighbor said he needed us and we might bring 2 horses a piece. Him and his Dad ran over 400 hd of the best cows in the region. Angus and Herefords. But through the years he tried most if not all of the exotics as I call them. Salers, Simmis, Limmis, Chi's and Maine that I know for sure. Knew he was penning yearling heifers in a 320 acre wheat field so couldn't figure why he called us and said two horses as their cattle were known for their easiness to handle. All penned ok except the Chi crosses. I think we maybe got 1-2 penned. Then 3 of us roped and loaded in the trailer the rest. Of course they jumped the hot wire and we covered a few miles before they were all loaded. These were top cowmen and handled cattle easy so know it had to come from the Chi. Maybe they have improved their docility a lot but there are too many choices out there for me to try them again.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="elkwc, post: 1512285, member: 22295"] Jeanne my experience was in the mid 80's to early 90's. The breeder yesterday his experience was in the late 90's. He said when you rode into a pasture their heads went up and they left. Two instances I will never forget. First the lot where my Dad ran their outside cattle for them fed cattle for several large ranches in TX every fall and winter after they weaned their calves. One ranch had a top reg Char herd and a top group of commercial Hereford cows that they ran the Char bulls on. Very nice calves. When the owner was sick the son moved the reg Char bulls to the commercial herd and put Chi bulls on the Char cows. Didn't take Dad long to change things later. But when the resulting steers got to the lot they just roamed pens. They went wherever they wanted in the 45,000 hd lot. None of the packers wanted them. I know the last 3 all went over 1,800 and was shipped to a killer cow plant. Dad had to rope each of them to get them to the chute and on the truck. The lot wanted no more of that. Then one Sat spring afternoon my BIL got a call and a neighbor said he needed us and we might bring 2 horses a piece. Him and his Dad ran over 400 hd of the best cows in the region. Angus and Herefords. But through the years he tried most if not all of the exotics as I call them. Salers, Simmis, Limmis, Chi's and Maine that I know for sure. Knew he was penning yearling heifers in a 320 acre wheat field so couldn't figure why he called us and said two horses as their cattle were known for their easiness to handle. All penned ok except the Chi crosses. I think we maybe got 1-2 penned. Then 3 of us roped and loaded in the trailer the rest. Of course they jumped the hot wire and we covered a few miles before they were all loaded. These were top cowmen and handled cattle easy so know it had to come from the Chi. Maybe they have improved their docility a lot but there are too many choices out there for me to try them again. [/QUOTE]
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