We bought our first Horned Hereford heifer in 1942 and have been raising Horned Hereford crossed with Black Angus cattle or "Black-Baldie" as they are also known ever since. They are all horned Herefords, not to be confused with polled Herefords, which are actually a mutation of the horned cattle .
Our bulls are from reputable herds with characteristics that will improve the herd such as easy fleshing, docility, good hair coat and even good milking qualities as it relates back to his dam (cattlemen's term for mother).
Most years we've had very good luck with our calf crop. In 2005, we had a 101% calf crop on 145 cows. Unfortunately, one cow had a still birth and two calves made it only a week . On the up side, we had one set of twins making it an impressive 99% total.
By keeping the bigger, early- with a light birth weight, we have almost eliminated the cases of hard calving heifers .
Generally we sell around 135 calves each year after we keep 10% of the heifer calves as replacements for older cows
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The steers are sold to be fed for butchering. The heifers may be fed until they are big enough to be bred but we don't follow them after they are sold
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