Beef cows, recommendations?

[juke]

No he didn't!

That's correct might have forgotten one or two others but blues were left out intentionally.

 

[haretarn]

Long but rewarding project. I'm assuming you have a full time job.
Buy 10 BBx heifer calves(4-5wks) at Gisburn, preloved or off 'sell my livestock .co.uk' , TB4.
Try to get as many off one unit as possible. Wean at 10-12 weeks (bit stronger imo) and winter inside as a group, you are in Lancashire where it rains non stop and outwintering is not realistic. Give rispoval 4 to all at 12weeks. Turn out in May or earlier if weather is good. Choose the best 5 at 15-16 months and borrow/hire a AA/short gestation bull to serve. Sell the other 5 to raise some cash. Test all keepers for BVD antigen and Johnes before bulling.
They will be quiet and give you a good practice run. If you get a random nutter, sell it with calf at foot.
After this then decide if you want to add different breeds for further aggravation.
Easy, nice cattle that don't cause management hassle may not be the 'top pen' at auction but compensate you in other ways- break less equipment, eat less and don't take all day to move, t.b. test etc.
You will get 100 opinions here. That's just mine as I'm time poor and want an easy life.

Thank you very much, very informative

 

[Weasel]

I think it's been said before but to appease the forum the beef animal of choice is a simmental x lim x charolais x Angus x hereford x saler....

Xgalloway

 

[Weasel]

Try to go and look at a few different types and if they run away with heads and tails in the air when you look at them, for a newbie that probably isn't a good sign....

That's limousin and saler out the question then

 

[Weasel]

Sim-luings to a charolais. You'll get cracking stores. Can be out wintered or put in a shed, usually quiet to work with, plenty milk. And very bonny cattle

 

[juke]

Can't go wrong with a charolais..

 

[davieh3350]

I think it's been said before but to appease the forum the beef animal of choice is a simmental x lim x charolais x Angus x hereford x saler....

There's no highland in there

 

[Holsteinfriesian90]

Long but rewarding project. I'm assuming you have a full time job.
Buy 10 BBx heifer calves(4-5wks) at Gisburn, preloved or off 'sell my livestock .co.uk' , TB4.
Try to get as many off one unit as possible. Wean at 10-12 weeks (bit stronger imo) and winter inside as a group, you are in Lancashire where it rains non stop and outwintering is not realistic. Give rispoval 4 to all at 12weeks. Turn out in May or earlier if weather is good. Choose the best 5 at 15-16 months and borrow/hire a AA/short gestation bull to serve. Sell the other 5 to raise some cash. Test all keepers for BVD antigen and Johnes before bulling.
They will be quiet and give you a good practice run. If you get a random nutter, sell it with calf at foot.
After this then decide if you want to add different breeds for further aggravation.
Easy, nice cattle that don't cause management hassle may not be the 'top pen' at auction but compensate you in other ways- break less equipment, eat less and don't take all day to move, t.b. test etc.
You will get 100 opinions here. That's just mine as I'm time poor and want an easy life.

^^^^^^^^^^^^^ This we keep the odd blue heifer back and breed from out of the dairy cows. I have a soft spot for blue cross Holstein Friesian's they make great mothers and have plenty of milk and put back to the right bull they will have lovely shape calves.

 

[Doc]

@juke. You really can.
This is introductory stuff. Start by meeting your British neighbours before the Europeans in the politics of Bovine. They are less complicated and straightforward to deal with. Once you have mastered the local, then be lured abroad by the riches they promise, then fall out and return. It's like Brexit in Bovine.

 

[Doc]

Note: I've kept a bit of Belgian in for when you need to be seen to accommodate your trading partners.

 

[juke]

@juke. You really can.
This is introductory stuff. Start by meeting your British neighbours before the Europeans in the politics of Bovine. They are less complicated and straightforward to deal with. Once you have mastered the local, then be lured abroad by the riches they promise, then fall out and return. It's like Brexit in Bovine.

got a thing for white French girls.

 

[CharcoalWally]

@juke. You really can.
This is introductory stuff. Start by meeting your British neighbours before the Europeans in the politics of Bovine. They are less complicated and straightforward to deal with. Once you have mastered the local, then be lured abroad by the riches they promise, then fall out and return. It's like Brexit in Bovine.

Ah , but our European neighbours have always had a fantastic work ethic.