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Northern Rancher

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We took in some Brahma X calves to the presort yesterday they were late May/June calves and averaged $119.56 @ 425. They just had a bit of ear and that EXT attitude. I'm kidding about the next hot breed but we did ok on them-first time I've sold calves in twenty years. The calf pen will be a bit quieter with those dozen sidewinders gone lol. Sold a good solid cow for $.26 which kind of sucks.
 

RobinFarmandRanch

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Whitewing said:
Down here they describe Brahmas as having "character". :lol:

Everything down here has Brahman influence. Not many continentals. big ears, heat tolerance, and a bad temper is what we get. Just go work cows one day and the cows will take off running and stompin when you get to the gate.
 

Whitewing

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RobinFarmandRanch said:
Whitewing said:
Down here they describe Brahmas as having "character". :lol:

Everything down here has Brahman influence. Not many continentals. big ears, heat tolerance, and a bad temper is what we get. Just go work cows one day and the cows will take off running and stompin when you get to the gate.

My charolais are pretty much like puppies though there are a couple of cows that are mean right after calving. And I guess I´m lucky with my meztisos as well as they´re not wild at all. I think the extra human contact of putting them in corrals every night helps to keep ´em on the tame side.
 

PATB

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proper selection will help with bad attitude :D . If I do not like the way the calf handles they are sold as a feeders. The cows that are hard to handle have a way of being open at weaning and finding a place at the slaugherhouse. It is amazing how the temperment of a herd changes when a little selection pressure is applied. :D
 

RobinFarmandRanch

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PATB said:
proper selection will help with bad attitude :D . If I do not like the way the calf handles they are sold as a feeders. The cows that are hard to handle have a way of being open at weaning and finding a place at the slaugherhouse. It is amazing how the temperment of a herd changes when a little selection pressure is applied. :D

When your cows dont see a person but twice a year and only for doctoring they get a little wild. These cows survive alligators, mosquitos, and snakes everyday so when they do see people they run for the water. If youve ever had to catch a cow in an airboat and a jet ski, youd understnad. heres one we found in the marsh with an airboat.

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PATB

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RobinFarmandRanch said:
PATB said:
proper selection will help with bad attitude :D . If I do not like the way the calf handles they are sold as a feeders. The cows that are hard to handle have a way of being open at weaning and finding a place at the slaugherhouse. It is amazing how the temperment of a herd changes when a little selection pressure is applied. :D

When your cows dont see a person but twice a year and only for doctoring they get a little wild. These cows survive alligators, mosquitos, and snakes everyday so when they do see people they run for the water. If youve ever had to catch a cow in an airboat and a jet ski, youd understnad. heres one we found in the marsh with an airboat.

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The NRCS and water quality folks would string me up if my cows were in that kind of water. They have a fit if they are in a wet area/intermitten stream.
 

RobinFarmandRanch

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Northern Rancher said:
That bull is kind of funny his calves are either dog quiet or wolf wild lol.

WOLF WILD!!! what yall dont see is him giving up on running from us, then him trying to get a ride out :shock:

PATB- we dont worry about water quality. Thats about 1 mile from the gulf of mexico. Nobody is drinkin that water. even the cows dont. get that water on your skin for a while and you get what we like to call the "nutria itch" that water is high salt content also. The troughs down there are on natural brackish bayous that we pump out of. The cows dont need salt blocks down there. Thats some of the best grass that we can get so the cows go there. Its just natural down here to see cows wandering around your duck blinds in the marsh. They make some good blinds for geese too.
 

hillsdown

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Northern Rancher said:
We took in some Brahma X calves to the presort yesterday they were late May/June calves and averaged $119.56 @ 425. They just had a bit of ear and that EXT attitude. I'm kidding about the next hot breed but we did ok on them-first time I've sold calves in twenty years. The calf pen will be a bit quieter with those dozen sidewinders gone lol. Sold a good solid cow for $.26 which kind of sucks.

Cow prices are crap here too.

I don't think I have ever seen a cow with ear around here. Although my semen guy mentioned one time that he had a client looking for a specific Brahma bull that he was having a hard time finding semen from.

Was the bull Brahma or the cows NR ?
 

Northern Rancher

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He was just a little part brahma two year old that took awhile to recapture-he only bred about 30 cows lol. The sad fact is those 1/4 brahma cattle winter as good or better than some of the Angus cattle that are around-probably it's the max hybrid vigour. I'll post some pics of the heifer calves this weekend.
 

hillsdown

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Northern Rancher said:
He was just a little part brahma two year old that took awhile to recapture-he only bred about 30 cows lol. The sad fact is those 1/4 brahma cattle winter as good or better than some of the Angus cattle that are around-probably it's the max hybrid vigour. I'll post some pics of the heifer calves this weekend.

Thanks, I would love to see pics...
 

Silver

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Northern Rancher said:
He was just a little part brahma two year old that took awhile to recapture-he only bred about 30 cows lol. The sad fact is those 1/4 brahma cattle winter as good or better than some of the Angus cattle that are around-probably it's the max hybrid vigour. I'll post some pics of the heifer calves this weekend.

Out of highschool I worked on a ranch that had about 30 Brangus bulls in the bunch. They didn't winter to good as they tended to freeze their riggin'. I didn't enjoy the females we raised either, but you could spot them in a herd a mile away cuz they were the ones with their heads high above the crown and the crazy look in their eyes. I don't miss them at all.
 

andybob

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The Bonsmara herd in Alberta seem to have adapted well enough, they should be interesting as a source of F1 females to take advantage of the hereosis and for example reduce the coat on the Galloways in Summer.
 

Denny

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Northern Rancher said:
They got nuthin' on an EXT-once you figure them out brahma cattle aren't that hard to handle.

They get winded easy from what I've seen then you just rope'em.We had one 1/2 blood no fences were tall enough sure don't miss him.
 

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