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<blockquote data-quote="Backbone Ranch" data-source="post: 1290368" data-attributes="member: 20754"><p>I have little experience with some of the breeds mentioned earlier in this thread such as Gelvbieh and Simmental, but I would definitely recommend Murray Greys. As a breed they are very docile and extremely easy to work with. They cross really well with both Hereford and Angus; in fact, we have several 50% Murray Grey x 50% Angus females in our herd. </p><p>Here is a 50% MG x 50% Angus cow with her 75% Murray Grey calf. The cow is a frame score 4. All of the Murray Grey x Angus crosses I have seen are like this cow in color, dark brown. The 75% MG calves are either silver of brown. This particular heifer calf is 4.5 months old. She weighed over 600 lbs at weaning, and had a 70 lb birthweight. </p><p><img src="http://ranchers.net/photopost/data/503/medium/IMG_1527_zps664dd3d3.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Murray Greys are typically very easy calvers. Their calves are very quick to get onto their feet and begin nursing. One man bought 5 of our Murray Grey bulls to put over his commercial black heifers. He had over 100 heifers calving and did not have to pull a single calf. He just sold the resulting heifer calves as short bred heifers. If I remember correctly, he got over 2 grand apiece for them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Backbone Ranch, post: 1290368, member: 20754"] I have little experience with some of the breeds mentioned earlier in this thread such as Gelvbieh and Simmental, but I would definitely recommend Murray Greys. As a breed they are very docile and extremely easy to work with. They cross really well with both Hereford and Angus; in fact, we have several 50% Murray Grey x 50% Angus females in our herd. Here is a 50% MG x 50% Angus cow with her 75% Murray Grey calf. The cow is a frame score 4. All of the Murray Grey x Angus crosses I have seen are like this cow in color, dark brown. The 75% MG calves are either silver of brown. This particular heifer calf is 4.5 months old. She weighed over 600 lbs at weaning, and had a 70 lb birthweight. [img]http://ranchers.net/photopost/data/503/medium/IMG_1527_zps664dd3d3.jpg[/img] Murray Greys are typically very easy calvers. Their calves are very quick to get onto their feet and begin nursing. One man bought 5 of our Murray Grey bulls to put over his commercial black heifers. He had over 100 heifers calving and did not have to pull a single calf. He just sold the resulting heifer calves as short bred heifers. If I remember correctly, he got over 2 grand apiece for them. [/QUOTE]
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