librarian
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Is there a photo of this guy? Thanks.
I also sell grass fed meat, and I like to stay around frame score 4. It varies depending on the cow. The great thing about 4s is how cheap you can feed them. A frame score 4 jersey is not the same as a frame score 4 built like Moto Moto. Moto type will hang a big enough carcass.librarian said:Specifically, this is the"sow-like" sort of daughter I get, although there is a Galloway cross in there. This is a similarly bred son. I'd like to breed them together as half sibs, but since I'd rather not spend 20 years experimenting, I wonder if I should put growth back in now. These animals are at the very high end of frame 3.
From experience, would an old dual type bull work for grass fed performance if this early early maturing body type is already present. I'm concerned the grass fed people are overlooking the way baby beef (to market by 20 months) was fed out for good results. Small frame is not enough. You need good milk to give the calf a head start and then enough hanging weight to make raising the thing worthwhile. I really need help on this. My goal is to develop commercial replacements for grass fed producers.
r.n.reed said:It was good to view the topic on Oldhorn again and gain some insight on some of the things we talk about on here from someone who was involved first hand.I had forgotten that he had talked about the Duchess of Gloster xAvondale/Whitehall Sultan cross in one of his posts.The picture below is the foundation Duchess of Gloster cow and her calf by an inbred Avondale son. This cow was an International Grand Champion female.
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I remember that my dad had cows of that type that came from Oakwood breeding. They had wide tops and a lot of capacity.
Oakwood Gallant Leader is as far back as I can trace the pedigree. I can't tell if there was any Roselawn Marshall in there or not. The 50's would have been the right time period.r.n.reed said:Beebe, Oakwood used a grandson of Roselawn Marshall and linebred back to him well into the 50's.