Breeder Question!

[arincker]

Hey all you breeders out there, I have a question for you! So we have a purebred Maple Crest Angus cow. She is the definition of a ground sow. She is sound and overall a great cow. What if this cow was yours, what bull would you breed her too? We are predominately shorthorn people, so we are thinking Vegas. But would be open to any breed of bull that you think would throw an awesome calf.  Thanks in advance!    ;D

 

[dsmith16]

Youll get more replies if you have a picture of the cow on here!  But vegas sounds good to me, I love the vegas x angus calves.

 

[leanbeef]

True...you'll probably increase your responses by posting a photo of the cow, but generally speaking, you'll maximize heterosis by mating any British breed cow to a continental breed bull. I'm a Simmental breeder, so this sounds biased, but the REASON I'm a Simmental breeder is because of how our first crossbred calves performed compared to calves sired by other breeds. And our cow herd at the time was all British, black, black baldy & Hereford cross commercial cows. I like Simmental better than most of the European breeds because of their advantages in maternal value and their docility. And it really is kinda like magic on a good Angus or British-bred cow. I don't think you'd be disappointed if you're looking to make any type of market or breeding animal, but especially replacement females.

Give it some thought, and if the idea appeals to you, I'd be glad to talk more about specific bulls.

 

[ROMAX]

Macho.awesome simangus calves.

 

[wyatt]

Walks alone or heat wave clubby
Grandmaster or macho simmi
Ali or Irish whiskey for Maine anjou
Or try a char x bull like troubadour

 

[trevorgreycattleco]

I still say Captain Obvious on that type of cow is the ticket. Vegas has been done over and over. Raise a calf that can breed all those Vegas x angus deals. Could be the bomb.