How do you find they sell in comparison to continental breeds?Just to add you can get south devons carrying the n821 and f94l genes for more shape the bull in the photo has one copy of the muscle gene.
Only sell the sd steers pure as all heifers are retained at the moment as building numbers, the crosses are on par and people even comment that they look like pure lims but without the attitude. The pure steers would be behind a lim cross sd but are normally above the Angus and Herefordshire in this area as they normally weigh more. We have repeat buyers for our weaned calves every year and they normally top the trade in every section.How do you find they sell in comparison to continental breeds?
How do you find the ones with the muscle gene calve? Due to expansion we’ll be running more heifers over the next couple of years (70 this year, looking at 90 next year) so easy calving is a massive thing for usJust to add you can get south devons carrying the n821 and f94l genes for more shape the bull in the photo has one copy of the muscle gene
Only sell the sd steers pure as all heifers are retained at the moment as building numbers, the crosses are on par and people even comment that they look like pure lims but without the attitude. The pure steers would be behind a lim cross sd but are normally above the Angus and Herefordshire in this area as they normally weigh more. We have repeat buyers for our weaned calves every year and they normally top the trade in every section.
Just to add you can get south devons carrying the n821 and f94l genes for more shape the bull in the photo has one copy of the muscle gene
Only sell the sd steers pure as all heifers are retained at the moment as building numbers, the crosses are on par and people even comment that they look like pure lims but without the attitude. The pure steers would be behind a lim cross sd but are normally above the Angus and Herefordshire in this area as they normally weigh more. We have repeat buyers for our weaned calves every year and they normally top the trade in every section.
Not enough yet by the looks of it!How much Limousin has been put into the South Devon?
The bought in dairy types explains your problems with feet which won’t be down to the Stabiliser. I have used Stabiliser by AI for 20 years and never lifted a foot.The problem with the Angus and Hereford’s is they’re plainer and the back end and most of our cows are bought in dairy bred types so are also plain. Adding the limousin will hopefully add shape back into the herd but we want to bring in something different to produce home bred easy calving heifers.
The ones with foot issues are bought in and not off dairy typesThe bought in dairy types explains your problems with feet which won’t be down to the Stabiliser. I have used Stabiliser by AI for 20 years and never lifted a foot
In fact the dairy types have the best feet in the herdThe ones with foot issues are bought in and not off dairy types
No, not enough to turn them into outlandishly-arsed headbangers!Not enough yet by the looks of it!
What about criss-crossing AA and Hereford and rely on the Lim for extra shape as the terminal sire?The problem with the Angus and Hereford’s is they’re plainer and the back end and most of our cows are bought in dairy bred types so are also plain. Adding the limousin will hopefully add shape back into the herd but we want to bring in something different to produce home bred easy calving heifers.
British blue, cross well with any of them, males sell well as stores and females milk well.We are currently running Angus & Hereford bulls with cows and heifers and I’m in the past we’ve also ran a limousin as well. Looking to re introduce an easy calving limousin in the near future but also looking for another breed (tired stabiliser and it wasn’t great). Looking for a breed with good temperament, easy calving, will produce good breeders and produce calves with good growth rates. Cows are a mix of breeds mainly LimX also have quite a few Angus, Simmental and Salers. All suggestions welcome
Beef shorthorn, easy calving low cost, quiet temperament, self replacing! Just sold Limmy bullocks off mine, straight off cow out the field, £900! Cows live out on brassica an second quality hay an straw, lim x heifers make nice cows, what’s not to like
How do you find the ones with the muscle gene calve? Due to expansion we’ll be running more heifers over the next couple of years (70 this year, looking at 90 next year) so easy calving is a massive thing for us
What would be wrong with a herd of South Devons where the best are bred pure, and the rest are put to the Charolais. The Charolais cross calves will need more concentrates from weaning, but that would only improve their overall efficiency.
Never had a problem myself, maybe you had a bad experience with the wrong type of cow! I had a bad girlfriend once but I found a much better one an married herShorthorns have lack of milk.
Maybe in the future that will be an option, but at the moment we’re looking to increase numbers and use more home bred heifers doing so.What about criss-crossing AA and Hereford and rely on the Lim for extra shape as the terminal sire?
No. Don’t sell well around hereBritish blue, cross well with any of them, males sell well as stores and females milk well.
Yeah, I’ve heard they are a bit keen. Mate of mine bought 10 in calf heifers out of Scotland somewhere. All due too the Simmental, all calved fine. Only gave 1 a bit of a pull. But he said he just couldn’t be doing with the way they wanted too kill everything that walked along the feed barrier. Weaned the calves and tried again the next year. Same result so he ran them barren and killed the lot. Said they weren’t worth the riskBiggest issue we’ve had with stabilisers is their feet, found a lot of the cows were having major issues after 3 claves. They do make great mothers though. Very protective, sometimes too protective.