Jdunn55
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- Location
- Helston, cornwall
Right, hear me out on this one...
Looking to place my semen orders fairly soon and been having a think
Used limousin as my beef sire last year on the cows, but I've had an idea of using conventional fleckvieh this year.
Reason being any bulls born will be decent enough to rear (probably worse than a limo/bb but better than a Hereford or angus) and the heifers could well be worth some money as in-calf heifers - or even fresh if I have room and feedstock to calve them in at the time
It also means should I lose a large quantity of cows to tb or something in the future then I could even keep the flecks and milk them myself. Or if I had the opportunity to expand etc
Heifers would be going to an Angus still
Thoughts?
Looking to place my semen orders fairly soon and been having a think
Used limousin as my beef sire last year on the cows, but I've had an idea of using conventional fleckvieh this year.
Reason being any bulls born will be decent enough to rear (probably worse than a limo/bb but better than a Hereford or angus) and the heifers could well be worth some money as in-calf heifers - or even fresh if I have room and feedstock to calve them in at the time
It also means should I lose a large quantity of cows to tb or something in the future then I could even keep the flecks and milk them myself. Or if I had the opportunity to expand etc
Heifers would be going to an Angus still
Thoughts?