Any one got a lead on some pure bred girls? Ive been running commercial red angus for a few years now, but want to start putting some gert into the herd as well. And do some sale off the farm instead of pot loads on a small scale. I have a few gert crosses now and I’ve really liked them as momma cows and they do well crossed on red angus. I’ll keep my commercial herd but would like some pure bred to tinker with.

They are gentle. When I was growing up, we had a huge SG bull named Buford.
He was raised on a bottle as a calf and was like a giant puppy.
We would climb up on him and ride him around in the pasture like a horse.

Cam when I was a teenager there was a cattle farmer that had gerts. It’s a beautiful bread but is it as docile and easy to work like red angus? If they are then that would make it a great herd.

Cam, the biggest drawback to those purebred big girls is that they are prone to prolapse during birth. I have washed and stuffed to many uteruses back in, to ever want to deal with anymore SG girls. If they are crossbred the prolapse issue doesn’t seem to be as much of an issue. Tip: if you have one to prolapse, I would suggest that you plan on putting her on the road prior to her trying to have another calf. It is not guaranteed that she will prolapse again, but a lot of times they do. Hope this helps.

I’ve sewed up over 100 in my life I’d imagine. I like to take some of that elmers glue and put some on the knot and her lips above it. Pick up some dry dirt and throw on it. It’ll stick to that glue and blend right in. Stockyard she goes.