Confessions of the Sheep/Beef Cattle/Pig Addicts

[AngusLad]

You just need to cross them with a Holstein bull every third time.
Joking aside I agree with @e3120
If the calves are out of big framey holsteins you can get some size into them By 24m

Not sure how the Holstein influence would enjoy it out here mind. (Picture not taken today)

 

[AngusLad]

Instead of heifers that grade at 4H at 200kg DW

I'll happily settle for heifers at 4h at 250kg DW at 18 months off grass mind

 

[Anymulewilldo]

I'll happily settle for heifers at 4h at 250kg DW at 18 months off grass mind

That extra 50kg though… makes all the difference. That being said, you have a much better type of Angus up there than we see down here

 

[Bill dog]

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What’s the pole on the floor for ? Daily exercise?
They look good , they won’t be with you long !

 

[Anymulewilldo]

What’s the pole on the floor for ? Daily exercise?
They look good , they won’t be with you long !

Upside down pipe trough

 

[unlacedgecko]

That extra 50kg though… makes all the difference. That being said, you have a much better type of Angus up there than we see down here

Depends where you sell them. There are marketing routes avail with no minimum carcass weight.

 

[unlacedgecko]

You just need to cross them with a Holstein bull every third time.
Joking aside I agree with @e3120
If the calves are out of big framey holsteins you can get some size into them By 24m

Rob Fleming did something similar. Bottom 10% of Angus cows (for calf 200 day weight) were served with Fresian sexed semen and heifers retained. I haven't heard how he got on though.

 

[hendrebc]

You just need to cross them with a Holstein bull every third time.
Joking aside I agree with @e3120
If the calves are out of big framey holsteins you can get some size into them By 24m

My last angus bull was 1440kg last time he fit the in the crush to be weighed how much bigger do you want them
Steers from him were all 400kg dead and heifers were all 350kg or more off grass at 24-26 months.
Don't ask about my current bull though unless you want to buy him

 

[Aspiring Peasants]

Rob Fleming did something similar. Bottom 10% of Angus cows (for calf 200 day weight) were served with Fresian sexed semen and heifers retained. I haven't heard how he got on though.

Big difference between a genuine Friesian and a Holstein though. Friesian cows in the past bred great suckler cows

 

[Optimus]

Big difference between a genuine Friesian and a Holstein though. Friesian cows in the past bred great suckler cows

Our beef herd originated from them a long time ago.

 

[Aspiring Peasants]

Sorry for changing the subject for a minute but for those who regularly cross the Pennines on the A66, the project to dual it all has been approved. Should be starting later this year

 

[AngusLad]

Big difference between a genuine Friesian and a Holstein though. Friesian cows in the past bred great suckler cows

There's a lad I know who is crossing his Friesian heifers to a black Galloway bull. I've never seen them as cows but reckon they'd be a fair beast

 

[Rich_ard]

Big difference between a genuine Friesian and a Holstein though. Friesian cows in the past bred great suckler cows

Bought my suckler cows from a dairy in ayrshire as bulling heifers. Friesan/ hereford. They are low cost but I put Angus then Hereford. They not big cows and did have losses to start with. I suppose you breed what works on the farm. No point trying to breed a massive cow on a hill same waste of time running highlands on lowland

 

[e3120]

Plain Holstein x plain Angus. I anticipate having to get creative with the passport tomorrow. Has a bit of back so might scrape an O+. The fat helps.

It takes just as much to haul, teach to drink, vaccinate, handle and haul again 380kg as 320

He's one of the handful that were out to 1st November; silage and straw since. His mate is going to get some hard feed.

Still very much the minority here.

 

[JockCroft]

Sorry for changing the subject for a minute but for those who regularly cross the Pennines on the A66, the project to dual it all has been approved. Should be starting later this year

If they do it as fast as Inverness Perth dualing, it'll be many many years of wait. It needs it though.

 

[hill shepherd]

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Look nice healthy hoggs

 

[Lincs]

My last angus bull was 1440kg last time he fit the in the crush to be weighed how much bigger do you want them
Steers from him were all 400kg dead and heifers were all 350kg or more off grass at 24-26 months.
Don't ask about my current bull though unless you want to buy him

Alot of the dairy bred Angus heifers would be very fat at 250kgs dead. The beef bred or Holstein do get to the 400kgs much better.
i like Angus but I wont be buying anymore as calves as they don’t leave as much profit as the blues when selling as stores

 

[Lincs]

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Are you not worried they will get too big/heavy for your job

 

[hendrebc]

Alot of the dairy bred Angus heifers would be very fat at 250kgs dead. The beef bred or Holstein do get to the 400kgs much better.
i like Angus but I wont be buying anymore as calves as they don’t leave as much profit as the blues when selling as stores

The bull I've bought a few years ago even though he is very well bred and was highly recommended by everyone i spoke to leaves stock that get too fat too light. They are very thrifty cattle though they look well all the time but are just small.
I'd be giving them away as stores but I'll he able to do something with them finishing them which was the plan anyway. Locked up with tb now anyway so will have to finish them.
I wouldn't keep anguses at all if I sold stores.

 

[Fendt516profi]

Are you not worried they're too big/heavy for your job