Most PROFITABLE suckler cow breed!!!

[Sharpy]

arent salers notoriously wild?

Tamest, most relaxed cattle I know are Salers, mostly outwintered too so not overhandled. Tamest cow we have ever had was a Saler cross, if you whistled her she came to you like a dog. Your statement above is a reflection of poor handling and stockmanship, not the breed as a whole.

 

[Bossfarmer]

Tamest, most relaxed cattle I know are Salers, mostly outwintered too so not overhandled. Tamest cow we have ever had was a Saler cross, if you whistled her she came to you like a dog. Your statement above is a reflection of poor handling and stockmanship, not the breed as a whole.

mabye i was thinking of stabilisers?

 

[Sharpy]

mabye i was thinking of stabilisers?

No personal experience of Stabilisers, but I doubt it. Most uncooperative cattle I ever worked with were Highland cross Limousine cows. Wild, suspicious, and no fear of anything. Calved themselves though.......

 

[beefandsleep]

shows the strength of farmers selection is when two colours guide heifer selection, we look a long way behind the Americans , Canadians in our selection of quality beef!

That will be why all American versions of European breeds are black then?
Colour, amongst other traits is one indicator of an animals parentage and can give an idea of an animals future performance, Charolais are generally fast growing with a bigger than average mature weight with good natural fleshing, all traits a finisher looks for in the store ring where much of the animals background is unknown and the buyer is relying on his skill and judgement to assess a beasts potential.

 

[egbert]

No personal experience of Stabilisers, but I doubt it. Most uncooperative cattle I ever worked with were Highland cross Limousine cows. Wild, suspicious, and no fear of anything. Calved themselves though.......

just as well!

Tamest, most relaxed cattle I know are Salers, mostly outwintered too so not overhandled. Tamest cow we have ever had was a Saler cross, if you whistled her she came to you like a dog. Your statement above is a reflection of poor handling and stockmanship, not the breed as a whole.

We're permitted to go in amongst calved Galloways and tag offspring here, with ne'er a hairy moment.
I often tag calves alone with them. (HSE not reading thread are they?)

90% of it is in the handling...albeit that some of that needs be working with the dam of the heifer calf.

I watched a group of mad post FMD replacements slowly calm down, and while their first calves were simply unhandleable, later crops became perfectly civilised.
It was certainly in their genes, as the family still throw up the occasional beserker, but they're now no worse than anything else.

Likewise, I bought a bull calf from a pal, whose mother was a killer (the cow, not the pal). He and a peer group that came with him were like wild animals.
He is now a dopey mature bull you can walk up to in the field and scratch. his calves are not showing any worrying traits.

Talk to them all the while, go in among them, don't be afraid of them- or at least be careful not to show it!
If you must use quad bikes/straw choppers/feed wagons, go back on foot and talk to them after.
If individuals don't respond the right way...kill them.

 

[sodbuster]

Kriss cross AA and sim

 

[Hilly]

7 month winter not very much left in any of them regardless of breed.

 

[JP1]

just as well!


We're permitted to go in amongst calved Galloways and tag offspring here, with ne'er a hairy moment.
I often tag calves alone with them. (HSE not reading thread are they?)

90% of it is in the handling...albeit that some of that needs be working with the dam of the heifer calf.

I watched a group of mad post FMD replacements slowly calm down, and while their first calves were simply unhandleable, later crops became perfectly civilised.
It was certainly in their genes, as the family still throw up the occasional beserker, but they're now no worse than anything else.

Likewise, I bought a bull calf from a pal, whose mother was a killer (the cow, not the pal). He and a peer group that came with him were like wild animals.
He is now a dopey mature bull you can walk up to in the field and scratch. his calves are not showing any worrying traits.

Talk to them all the while, go in among them, don't be afraid of them- or at least be careful not to show it!
If you must use quad bikes/straw choppers/feed wagons, go back on foot and talk to them after.
If individuals don't respond the right way...kill them.

I still think you should have shown your superior cow whispering persona and gone in that pen on Jamboree day !

 

[Hilly]

I think the breeds that sell at a premium cost a premium to produce the breeds that sell with no premium cost less to produce so everything equal their won’t be much init , their is not much in any of them anyway.

 

[Turkish_FR]

I am not looking into jobs from the "profit" perspective but I would go for the one that has the most quality meat even if it has smaller carcass ratio and highest bone ratio than others.

 

[Hilly]

I am not looking into jobs from the "profit" perspective but I would go for the one that has the most quality meat even if it has smaller carcass ratio and highest bone ratio than others.

If you want good eating beef you need Galloway.

 

[JP1]

If you want good eating beef you need Galloway.

I'll drop the fiver off on the way to Barnard Castle this weekend

 

[Turkish_FR]

If you want good eating beef you need Galloway.

Could they live comfy in warm climates ? and which British breeds could ?

 

[JP1]

Could they live comfy in warm climates ? and which British breeds could ?

Plenty of Galloways in Australia and elsewhere

 

[Hilly]

Could they live comfy in warm climates ? and which British breeds could ?

Yes and all british native breeds can/do live in warmer climate s.

 

[Hilly]

I'll drop the fiver off on the way to Barnard Castle this weekend

Lol no need the best beef I have ever had is galloway , problem is I need to make living from beef and we don’t get paid for eating quality .

 

[Turkish_FR]

Lol no need the best beef I have ever had is galloway , problem is I need to make living from beef and we don’t get paid for eating quality .

If shops do not offer such an option for the customers, the only way you need to open your own shop. I know a person who sells Jersey milk and no wholesalers paid him extra for the quality milk. He started to bottle his own product to sell it in his shop with 2,5X more expensive prices than standart prices. Today he is not able to meet the demand, people creates long queues in front of the door.

 

[Hilly]

If shops do not offer such an option for the customers, the only way you need to open your own shop. I know a person who sells Jersey milk and no wholesalers paid him extra for the quality milk. He started to bottle his own product to sell it in his shop with 2,5X more expensive prices than standart prices. Today he is not able to meet the demand, people creates long queues in front of the door.

I’m happy being a farmer I don’t want to be a shop keeper , I don’t like people much.

 

[Hilly]

If shops do not offer such an option for the customers, the only way you need to open your own shop. I know a person who sells Jersey milk and no wholesalers paid him extra for the quality milk. He started to bottle his own product to sell it in his shop with 2,5X more expensive prices than standart prices. Today he is not able to meet the demand, people creates long queues in front of the door.

The farm shop that I have bought gallowY meat from dose very well .

 

[egbert]

I still think you should have shown your superior cow whispering persona and gone in that pen on Jamboree day !

you talking about a westcountry tour? I wouldn't have gone in with her for any money! (but her son is a gent)