First time raising cows!

[bizzeeb60]

Well ladies, my DH swears he wants to eventually have ONLY Herefords, but he sure seems pretty fond of Ethel our Angus LOL..I think they are all wonderful

 

[Imissmygirls]

All it takes is one ornery critter of the wrong breed to turn someone off
IMHO, each of the breeds has its own good points. It just depends which points you want to focus on.
For sale purposes, it seems the market drives the angus prices up. But really, the only thing that means is that the professional buyers prefer angus, not which carcass tastes best. Taste depends a lot more on how the animal was fed.

I swear I am gonna stop coming here because I get so frustrated looking at pics of sweet lil babies and I can't have one !!!!!
But... I can't stay away. sigh.

Can everyone who has baby calves please give 'em a hug and a nuggie for me?

 

[wynedot55]

i was in the reg polled hereford buiness for 5yrs.an let me tell you them was some wild cows.an i still love them herefords.an now im into reg beefmasters.stull have a stock cow herd.an they are polled hereford holstein crosses.

 

[bizzeeb60]

Here in my area of Florida, they seem to do alot of cross breeding especially using Brahma Bulls (not sure why. Theere is only one Ranch that deal strickly in pure bred Herefords and he is expensive. He will not even sell his calves until they have reached 400-450 pounds and then they are around &1.00 per pound for the "unregistered". That is why we started with the one unregister and the two Angus heifers, our intention is once they start producing calves, we can sell them and then in turn around and invest in the Herefords.

 

[wynedot55]

a reg hereford heifer if bred right will cost you $2 a lb.or $800 or $900 a hd.brimmer blood does real good in fla.you might look into reg beefmasters.

 

[sparkles2307]

DH used to raise Herefords w/his grandpa (we all lived on one homestead in different houses) but when gpa got too old DH sold every last hereford and went angus. He says they are smarter, but he is just a very impatient man so I think he likes the faster pace of the angus (they are never really very calm). I want something my kids can bottle raise and show in 4-H, and heaven forbid I ever have the same thing as everyone else....hence the desire for Normande or British Whites, they are very uncommon in this part of Minnesota!

 

[WildRoseBeef]

Here in my area of Florida, they seem to do alot of cross breeding especially using Brahma Bulls (not sure why.) Theere is only one Ranch that deal strickly in pure bred Herefords and he is expensive. He will not even sell his calves until they have reached 400-450 pounds and then they are around &1.00 per pound for the "unregistered". That is why we started with the one unregister and the two Angus heifers, our intention is once they start producing calves, we can sell them and then in turn around and invest in the Herefords.

I was hoping wyne would explain for you, but the reason there's a lot of brahman your way is because of their resistance to heat and insects. Brahmans tend to do better in the heat and bug-infested pastures than other breeds of cattle, like Angus, and will be out grazing in the sunshine during the day than standing in the shade or spending their time in the pond like other less-heat and bug-resistant breeds do. The crossbreeding is so that they can express the favorable characteristics of the other breeds like Simmental or Angus or Shorthorn with things like milk production, carcass weight and grade, etc. but still keep the heat and bug tolerance typical of Bos indicus.

Brahma babies are darned cute too.

Oh and btw, .

 

[wynedot55]

karin you did a great job of why theres lots of brimmers an brimmer crosses.them angus will be in the pool cooling.the f1s an beefmasters will be out grazing the pasture.

 

[bizzeeb60]

Hey thanks Wildrosebeef

Now I have more knowledge to pass on to DH. I've always heard the expression about standing out in the hot sun like a Brahma but wasn't sure why...now I know.

Boy how I like this site, just like BYC I learn something new everyday and the people are so nice!

 

[WildRoseBeef]

Hey thanks Wildrosebeef

Now I have more knowledge to pass on to DH. I've always heard the expression about standing out in the hot sun like a Brahma but wasn't sure why...now I know.

Boy how I like this site, just like BYC I learn something new everyday and the people are so nice!

Your very welcome. And thank you wyne.