Tony mind best sucker cow is a limmy put to a BBxFreisian you then muscle and milk from the dam and easy fleshing from the sore. You can put that to any bull and get grand shaped growths calves
Perfect Suckler cow??
- Thread starter Shann_mann
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beardface
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- East Yorkshire
Another vote for shorthorn. Live on fresh air, can never stop them putting flesh on. Calves have a ready trade at any age post weaning and mothers milk very well. Only issue I've had past couple years is feet, but I think it's more to do with the type of ground we run and stopping them getting too fat. They've been out in all the shite we've had lately and seem fine, only bringing them in now as have a load of baleage to use up. Would normally bring them in in December.
livestock 1
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Superior?
LimxBB cow wintered on straw and silage 50/50 calved on its own in April turned out onto rough going 1500ft plus calf from a double F94L gene bull calf had no creep
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muleman
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Bad to beat the limousin, be £1500+ that , at 6/7 months of age
Woolless
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- Berwickshire, Scottish Borders
@Shann_mann just to clarify, you get to decide which bull is used on the dairy cows to provide your bulling heifers? I would say that the Hereford is just about the best choice for that job, particularly a proper horned/traditional type. Quiet, Hardy, easy fleshing and milk supply less likely to be excessive early on. A better option than the modern AA for that job.
livestock 1
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Yes that’s where I am with this discussion too. That new bull seems to be doing the business on the very average cows. That cow is one of the worse end that’s why I put her on. If I can get cows like that to breed a half decent calf the better end will be a premium. Those better end cows are appearing with something better than that. That’s probably the cheapest way it can be done up here. I like being on with cattle and calving I wouldn’t be opposed to cashing in some beast sooner and calving a few more cows. That was the intention 2/3 years ago
That cow is probably only worth £800 if I sold her the better end of cows are breeding these
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what sort of money would that be worth in market ?
livestock 1
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I don’t know they need tidying up hopefully be decent money had that sort of stuff up to £1600 usually over £1300 so in that region
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- Dumfries and galloway
Good calf that one yes.
Superior was the terminology you used for the breed you use. Diffrent farms and diffrent systems would have other breeds considered superior.
livestock 1
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I currently run 3 limmy bulls. I will change to any other breed that’s better, that’s why we are having this discussion
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- Dumfries and galloway
How long have you farmed the system you use now?
livestock 1
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Forever. I’ve had other breed bulls but always gone back to a limmy
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- Dumfries and galloway
Not many left round here farming the same system as the 80s
livestock 1
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Have you any pictures of your cattle ?
What sort of weight would that be
Thats what I think, for example there is a chap not far from here sells load of Hford bulls, I could go and buy one from him if I thought it would do a better job for me, can soon change if the market does but until then...
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430?
Good money for that weight
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- Dumfries and galloway
I dont have any breeding stock at the moment but always toy with the idea of bulling some of the dairy cross 1s.
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livestock 1
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Good cattle and a good set up by the look of things
What are you feeding them on ? I always like to look at new ideas for feeding