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<blockquote data-quote="Warren Allison" data-source="post: 1662926" data-attributes="member: 40587"><p>I didn't know this has been documented, but I have witnessed it. When my client was breeding the F! 2-way crosses, to eventually get the Longhorn/ Brahma/Chianina 3-way crosses for bucking bulls, I noticed that the Longhorn cows bred to Brahma bulls, seemed to have bigger calves than the Brahma cows bred to the Longhorn bull. Couldn't really tell the difference much after they were grown, though. The guy crossing his Brangus with Black Herefords, is also experimenting with creating a Black Braford. He bred about 30 reg Brahmas to a Black Hereford bull, and about 8-10 of the Black Hereford cows to a Brahma bull. They gonna start calving at the end of this month, and I am making a mental note right now to see how the Br x BH calves compare to the BH x Br calves. All of my life around here, I saw many a herd of Angus and Hereford cows with a brahma bull in with them, but don't recall ever seeing a Brahma herd with Angus or Hereford bulls. I guess I assumed that folks thought it was easier to handle a herd of "regular" cows, and just one of those "wild and crazy Brahmas", than a whole herd of wild and crazy Brahma cows. Or, they already had these Angus and Hereford and black baldy cows, and decided to try a brahma bull. But this phenomenon, whether it was known and intentional or not, probably also played a role in the brahma bull x beef cow cross. rather than the other way, as well.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Warren Allison, post: 1662926, member: 40587"] I didn't know this has been documented, but I have witnessed it. When my client was breeding the F! 2-way crosses, to eventually get the Longhorn/ Brahma/Chianina 3-way crosses for bucking bulls, I noticed that the Longhorn cows bred to Brahma bulls, seemed to have bigger calves than the Brahma cows bred to the Longhorn bull. Couldn't really tell the difference much after they were grown, though. The guy crossing his Brangus with Black Herefords, is also experimenting with creating a Black Braford. He bred about 30 reg Brahmas to a Black Hereford bull, and about 8-10 of the Black Hereford cows to a Brahma bull. They gonna start calving at the end of this month, and I am making a mental note right now to see how the Br x BH calves compare to the BH x Br calves. All of my life around here, I saw many a herd of Angus and Hereford cows with a brahma bull in with them, but don't recall ever seeing a Brahma herd with Angus or Hereford bulls. I guess I assumed that folks thought it was easier to handle a herd of "regular" cows, and just one of those "wild and crazy Brahmas", than a whole herd of wild and crazy Brahma cows. Or, they already had these Angus and Hereford and black baldy cows, and decided to try a brahma bull. But this phenomenon, whether it was known and intentional or not, probably also played a role in the brahma bull x beef cow cross. rather than the other way, as well. [/QUOTE]
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