Milk breed favorite is Jersey for the A2 milk
Beefmasters are awesome and my Top favorite are my Bos Indicus (humped cattle) Gyr and Indu Brazilian as examples
I have Humped cattle, Gyr/Indu Brazilian type. I'd be happy to help with the Box indicus type cattle breeds.
Bos Taurus are the typical European breeds
Braunvieh is not listed as a Heritage breed if you're wanting Heritage. Here is a listing of breeds, maybe you could go through each and do some reading and choose the breed that fits your needs best.
http://www.albc-usa.org/cpl/wtchlist.html#cattle
Some breeds have temperaments that are...
Well, we left him a bull and he was sold to a neighbor who will raise him (Bart) and breed him to his Angus cows. This calf had such fast gain! He was nearly as tall as mamma when he left this weekend. My cow Babe can be, well, not as easy to get along with and was extremely protective of...
Oh heck yeah he can breed her. If there's a will, there is a way. Ditches, hill sides, anything will do. I had a 16 hand mare and a mini jack bred her on his own, got a surprise about a year later. LOl.
I have a 10.2 hand stallion now and have bred up to 15.2 hand mares on his own
It was hard just getting any pictures so the angle may throw things off, as well as the lighting. I did take a couple pictures from the rear but they weren't very good shots, one was pretty washed out with lighting and the other too dark
Here is an update of Babe's bull Brangus calf (Bart). He's just turned 6 months old and he's a whopper. We left him a bull for obvious reasons, man this calf looks like a bull already and he's still a baby! Mother is my grey American Brahman (her first calf) and dad is Angus
My Missouri Foxtrotter mare, Million Dollar Lady is past 21 yrs old this year and as healthy as a horse half her age. Her longevity may trace back to her granddam, Maggie Ann Browns, World Grand Champion. Maggie Ann Browns was presented at the MFTHBA Celebration for her last lap at the age of...
Jarvisqh,
I've been through Potosi a couple of times, thanks for the offer. I would love to find a colorful bull but neither of my cows are registered so there isn't much point in a bull that is registered or super bred. Babe is like the typical American Brahman type but a grade. She will...
Here she is, not settled in yet but she is a quiet cow and would come of to be petted by her previous owner so she'll just have to have some time to figure what's what. She's definitely a Big girl.
Update: I bought a Gir cow yesterday and should be picking her up tomorrow. I'll post photo's when I have her home. I may have located a yearling Gir bull calf. It will be at least another year before he would be ready to breed but I'm excited to find these two. I've been looking for a while.
Thanks, I'm so pleased with how well Babe has done as a first time mother too. There were some concerns here from the guys. She has done everything just right. She took her baby down to the back corner where there's shade and it's furthest from where the horses hang out. She bedded him down...
Babe calved this morning, I thought she was going to wait and give me an April Fool's calf :lol:
She had a gorgeous bull calf, black. He's up and nursing and running around. Calved early this morning. Babe is never going to be comfortable with men or strangers but I went out, cautiously...