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What about a crash course for Murray Greys
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<blockquote data-quote="Keren" data-source="post: 800380" data-attributes="member: 3195"><p>Colin, the breed has somewhat lost its way, I think due to a push towards larger framed animals. People were trying to get the height but sacrificed the capacity, bone, muscle and easy doing ability that characterises the breed. A true murray grey should be moderate framed, well boned, softly muscled, easy doing ... and I'm sad to say I think a lot of breeders in the showring now have lost sight of that. But all that being said, there are still breeders of the really good type MGs around, you can still find those really good easy doing cattle. For goodness sake I had trouble keeping our heifers from getting over fat ... on dust. </p><p></p><p>SDR ... the original murray greys were a bunch of accidental calves ... this one particular white shorthorn cow, when bred to an angus bull, threw a grey calf (unlike the rest of the herd). Curiosity caused them to breed her to a number of different angus bulls and she always had a grey calf. Mrs Sutherland liked the grey calves and termed them 'mulberry' calves. Mr Sutherland didn't particularly like them, but she continued to breed them and develop a little herd. He went as far as sending them all in to market one time, and she bought them, and brought them all back home. The breed was developed from this little nucleus herd, with bulls then being used over angus herds etc. to expand herd numbers and widen the genetic pool as they bred up to murray greys. </p><p></p><p>If you search my posts I have quite a few pictures posted on these boards ... don't have time to throw any up now as I'm off to work.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Keren, post: 800380, member: 3195"] Colin, the breed has somewhat lost its way, I think due to a push towards larger framed animals. People were trying to get the height but sacrificed the capacity, bone, muscle and easy doing ability that characterises the breed. A true murray grey should be moderate framed, well boned, softly muscled, easy doing ... and I'm sad to say I think a lot of breeders in the showring now have lost sight of that. But all that being said, there are still breeders of the really good type MGs around, you can still find those really good easy doing cattle. For goodness sake I had trouble keeping our heifers from getting over fat ... on dust. SDR ... the original murray greys were a bunch of accidental calves ... this one particular white shorthorn cow, when bred to an angus bull, threw a grey calf (unlike the rest of the herd). Curiosity caused them to breed her to a number of different angus bulls and she always had a grey calf. Mrs Sutherland liked the grey calves and termed them 'mulberry' calves. Mr Sutherland didn't particularly like them, but she continued to breed them and develop a little herd. He went as far as sending them all in to market one time, and she bought them, and brought them all back home. The breed was developed from this little nucleus herd, with bulls then being used over angus herds etc. to expand herd numbers and widen the genetic pool as they bred up to murray greys. If you search my posts I have quite a few pictures posted on these boards ... don't have time to throw any up now as I'm off to work. [/QUOTE]
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