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Garrett County, MD | We have a primarily black angus herd and have been using reg angus bulls. Will have 2nd season of calves hitting the ground soon from our first balancer bull. So these calves are 25% gel.
Cant speak to carcass quality or maternal char as we arent that far along with it yet. I hear they make really good cows.
What i can say is that the same cows are producing on average a more robust calve. Better legs. Thicker all the way around. More butt. Great disposition, although i didnt have disposition issues before. You can pick the balancer calves right out of the group. Higher avg weaning weight by the looks of it.
With that being said i am a big believer in hybrid vigor so maybe that is part of it. I also bought an awesome bull. Never bought that good of a bull before and he personally has the above mentioned attributes himself. I probably could have found an angus bull that would have given me the same things.
I like it so far and my goal is to produce a better all around cow that will be more rugged and wean a heavier calf.
We will see, but it looks good so far. | |
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PROS AND CONS TO THE GELBVIEH
