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breeding heifers

  • 07-04-2011 9:15pm
    #1
    cows123
    Closed Accounts Posts: 38 ✭


    what would you consider as the best kind of a bulling heifer?
    every breed i seem to look at has some downside.
    limousin-wild
    charolais- no milk
    belgian blue-hard calved
    can anyone help me here?
    also what bull should i use on them.
    i was looking at fl22. What do you think?
    Any advice welcome and sorry for dragging on.:o


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  • #2
    butt1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86 ✭✭butt1


    cows123 wrote: »
    what would you consider as the best kind of a bulling heifer?
    every breed i seem to look at has some downside.
    limousin-wild
    charolais- no milk
    belgian blue-hard calved
    can anyone help me here?
    also what bull should i use on them.
    i was looking at fl22. What do you think?
    Any advice welcome and sorry for dragging on.:o
    i have a herd of shorthorns/crossed with limousins,i hav milk,quite,well able to calve a good b/b,the mite look like **** when they calve,but they put everything into there calf


  • #3
    pakalasa
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,552 ✭✭✭pakalasa


    I am going down the route of crossing Simmentals with Limousins and vice versa. Early days yet and I only have heifers coming through as of now. Simmentals, I hope will add that bit of milk and tend to quieten the Limousins that bit more. I dont breed from any cows that are either wild or lacking in milk either.
    It's hard to know really. Costs a lot to bring them to calving too. If you could get your hands on Lim x British Friesian types, probably the cheapest option.....

    Would agree about the shorthorns too, very quiet and loads of milk.


  • #4
    cows123
    Closed Accounts Posts: 38 ✭cows123


    i always liked the look of a shorthorn crossed by a hereford. would these make good cows? i always found that a nice belgian blue crossed by a british friesian threw smashing calves.


  • #5
    bogman_bass
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,081 ✭✭✭bogman_bass


    If you could get a limo out of a montbeliard you would have a fine cow.
    maybe even a blue out of a monty


  • #6
    Bizzum
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,034 ✭✭✭Bizzum


    cows123 wrote: »
    what would you consider as the best kind of a bulling heifer?

    A home bred one out of a fertile milky good breeding cow crossed with a good maternally tested bull!
    Simples..................................If only it was!


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