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pedigree cows in commercial herd

  • 18-06-2016 5:57pm
    #1
    blonde10
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 148 ✭✭


    Hi.
    Anybody here with pedigree cows in there herd running with there cross bred cows ,if so are they any Heder manage fertility wise,and do they throw better calves..


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  • #2
    Kovu
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    PB Lm make up maybe half our breeding cows and we'd see no real difference between them and the commercials. A couple of them are harder managed and there can be an issue with the horns developing later so have to be skulled or aim and hope with the dehorner......:pac:
    We dip in and out of the PB breeding to be honest, they cross just as well (if not better) with a blue or a ch so if they didn't produce nice pedigrees we just reverted them back to commercials. I'm aiming to start breeding for showing & selling in the future so that will probably change a bit.


  • #3
    Base price
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,459 ✭✭✭✭Base price


    blonde10 wrote: »
    Hi.
    Anybody here with pedigree cows in there herd running with there cross bred cows ,if so are they any Heder manage fertility wise,and do they throw better calves..
    I used to run a 82 cow suckler herd of which 30 odd of them were pbr BA. Never had an issue with them fertility wise but we had the herd split with a mix of commercial/pbr's and ran two different bulls. Heifers and any cows that I wanted to AI were run in a separate smaller group. A good fence with plenty of power was a must. I once lost a very well bred expensive 20 month old bull with meningitis when the mature bull broke into were he was and fought him. An expensive lesson learned.


  • #4
    charolais0153
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    Have two pbs here . their run with the other cows and don't get any extra treatment .


  • #5
    Limofarmer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 115 ✭✭Limofarmer


    Full herd of Ped limousin cows here . No issues handling them and no issues with fertility either .


  • #6
    Future Farmer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 430 ✭✭Future Farmer


    blonde10 wrote: »
    Hi.
    Anybody here with pedigree cows in there herd running with there cross bred cows ,if so are they any Heder manage fertility wise,and do they throw better calves..

    I could make some smart ass comment about Pedigree Breeders and the quality of information they are giving you Blonde, but I won't!

    #tongueandcheek
    #IFJGate

    Generally cows are cows....


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