angus or hereford

orchard farm

Suckling here sellin weanins thinkn of movin away from continental for number of reasons,not least im organic and trad breeds suit organic system better,thinkin of poll hereford bull is there much difference in them and angus,which would you choose

Justjens

Have both AA and HE (polled) bulls at the moment, prefer the HE as his offspring are more docile, just like him. The AA spends his time digging craters in the corner of the field, although he is as quiet as the HE.

AA calves love to play hide and seek when a day or two old, does my head in! And when you wake them up they will always leg-it in the opposite direction of the cow......

They both bring suitable calves for an organic set-up, hardy, hit the ground running and easily finished without concentrates.

I now have quite a few AA cows out of Limx cows, and they are mad, worse than Lim on their own! But the HE calves I'm getting out of them are very quiet.

Soon in the market for another HE, I can recommend John Applebe in Clonakilty, he has both HE and AA.

49801

Prefer HE as a breed myself.
Are docile, fair calving, decent sale value weather as weanlings or bringing to finish

AA bit light to be selling as weanlings. Not bad if bringing to finishing yourself. Lively calves

orchard farm

Thanks guys im thinkin he too for same reasons plus i keep on replacements and if i go back to ch in future herd of he cows will bring nice golden calves oppossed to grey ch.my minds made up,now just gotta find a good bull

mycro2013

orchard farm wrote: »

Thanks guys im thinkin he too for same reasons plus i keep on replacements and if i go back to ch in future herd of he cows will bring nice golden calves oppossed to grey ch.my minds made up,now just gotta find a good bull

If you're weaning I'd go down the route of a parthenise serious demand for export. But if it's organic twill be hard to beat the traditional breeds. There is a reason Michael o Leary is running a herd of angus.

Peter90

While on the breed, I have 2 red he x fr, wondering if i’ll Breed to sell as in calf heifer next sept of kill of grass next sept, April 16, 400kg. How have lads got on in either system?

charolais0153

Peter90 wrote: »

While on the breed, I have 2 red he x fr, wondering if i’ll Breed to sell as in calf heifer next sept of kill of grass next sept, April 16, 400kg. How have lads got on in either system?

Kill them imo