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Keeping pedigree angus cattle.

  • 14-02-2015 7:01pm
    #1
    cornholiooo
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    I have the use of some family land, yards, sheds, crushes, tractor etc... Around 35-40 acres of arable land. I am used to working with cattle.
    I'm thinking of stocking it and I am considering pedigree angus, just looking for some advice really.....
    Do they have Enough milk....
    ....are they especially wild....
    ...high maintenance etc....
    Would they be suitable for outwintering at all?

    I'm soliciting genuine advice not insights into the viability of such a venture

    Thanks in advance


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  • #2
    whelan2
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    we have them, they can be outwintered. They are quiet enough apart from a few lunatics around calving but you get that with every breed. They are very low maintenance, well ours are. They have plenty of milk:)


  • #3
    wiggy123
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,212 ✭✭✭wiggy123


    angus to me, are one of the easiest breeds to keep.. easy calved, easy fed.. gd sellers... temperament is good..some can be bi hot-when calf, but you come across that with most females when they calf... money can be made in them... to me--breed of the future..


  • #4
    Reggie.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,546 ✭✭✭✭Reggie.


    I usually go for AA for their hardness and ease of maintenence.

    As said before you will get the odd looper but that can't be helped.

    Very easy breed to start off on


  • #5
    greysides
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 9,041 Mod ✭✭✭✭greysides


    To me, Belted Galloway are B/W AA. Maybe there would be some payment for keeping them if they fell under rare breeds.

    The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress. Joseph Joubert

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  • #6
    jfh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,329 ✭✭✭jfh


    anyone go to the sale in carrick on shannon yesterday


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  • #7
    wiggy123
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    didn't head..heard gd reports from it.. gd bulls sold well..to a top of 5700.. others 4200, 4050..say avg around 2500


  • #8
    Resus_Medic
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7 ✭Resus_Medic


    I think there a fantastic breed, temperament is good and easy to finish and this year calves are going very well from 230 up to 310. More and more talk about AA lately and plenty looking at it as a breed.


  • #9
    Bellview
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,715 ✭✭✭Bellview


    we have them, agree with all posts. great breed, easily managed & kept. The temperament is good and as Whelan says like all breeds you would want to be careful for a day after calving as they can get very maternal if you upset the calf! Like all pedigree breeds it is worth heading to a few sales to get a feel for the breed and cattle allowing you draw your own conclusion on what you would like from the breed... taller ones or something a little more traditional.

    To get more info contact the Irish Angus society - they will have the annual journal out shortly for some light reading

    http://www.irishangus.ie/


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