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<blockquote data-quote="Ky hills" data-source="post: 1448284" data-attributes="member: 24816"><p>I tend to agree with you, that the Angus breed seems to have an issue with docility. There is an extremely large base of Angus, so I'm sure there are quite a few "good" ones" in terms of docility, but I definitely see a lot of them both registered and commercial that I would not want on my place due to their dispositions. I started noticing over time that when buying </p><p>feeder calves, that some of the black calves were more likely to be flighty than others. Some would be fine and then others would be plum crazy, and some were all points in between. I had similar issues when switching from steers to developing heifers. I usually had 20 or more % that were culled very early at a financial loss to me, because I did not want to sell them as replacements, and did not want them ruining the bunch they would have run with. I like the Angus breed and tried a couple of different times to build a small registered herd. I eventually gave up on that and just have a handful now. I then started buying BWF heifers, most have been ok, but still get more disposition problems than I like, a few of those have been dangerous. I have been moving more towards a Hereford cow herd, they are not perfect, but I have only culled 1 over disposition. I know that any breed can have problematic individuals, but I do think there is a disproportionate problem in the black Angus breed. I am not anti Angus at all, but have chosen to move in a different direction largely due to the disposition issues.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ky hills, post: 1448284, member: 24816"] I tend to agree with you, that the Angus breed seems to have an issue with docility. There is an extremely large base of Angus, so I'm sure there are quite a few "good" ones" in terms of docility, but I definitely see a lot of them both registered and commercial that I would not want on my place due to their dispositions. I started noticing over time that when buying feeder calves, that some of the black calves were more likely to be flighty than others. Some would be fine and then others would be plum crazy, and some were all points in between. I had similar issues when switching from steers to developing heifers. I usually had 20 or more % that were culled very early at a financial loss to me, because I did not want to sell them as replacements, and did not want them ruining the bunch they would have run with. I like the Angus breed and tried a couple of different times to build a small registered herd. I eventually gave up on that and just have a handful now. I then started buying BWF heifers, most have been ok, but still get more disposition problems than I like, a few of those have been dangerous. I have been moving more towards a Hereford cow herd, they are not perfect, but I have only culled 1 over disposition. I know that any breed can have problematic individuals, but I do think there is a disproportionate problem in the black Angus breed. I am not anti Angus at all, but have chosen to move in a different direction largely due to the disposition issues. [/QUOTE]
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