Do you mean is it a stable composite, like Brangus? No, Red Brangus Association promotes the fact that the percentages of Brahma vs Red Angus can vary a lot, They say that way, people can customize them to meet their needs, Northern breeders like your self would want one with a high RA percentage and not as much Br, where as a Florida breeder may want one with a high percentage Brahma and not as much RA. Where as Braford, Gerts and Brangus are stable composites, 5/8ths Angus, SH or Hereford and 3/8ths Brahma. The Red Brangus books are still wide open. Only thing allowed in the animal's pedigree are registered Brahma and Registered Red Angus, but percentage of each doesn't matter. I have 2 right now, and I am pleased with them. I breed them to a registered Brangus bull, so still get black calves. These are as docile and easy to handle as any Hereford or milk cow. Except those first few days after calving. Red Angus and Red Brangus are just as protective a new mother as the black ones are.Where in the process of setting up 80 acres in the UP of Mi near Marquette, been looking at Red Brangus,is the breed stable enough for this climate
What's the average acres to the cow/pair up there? 5 or 6?Your about 100 miles east of me.
What's your target market?
That's what chars usually do. The old cow killing char influenced calves is pretty much a thing of the past, even down south.Big ole orange cows that raise some scale mashing calves!
What's the average acres to the cow/pair up there? 5 or 6?
The reason I ask about your target market is your markets here are limited. If selling to the sale barn you need to be careful with your breed selection. Buyers up north here don't pay for certain types...
I have always liked Charolais and the original red & white Simm cows. Bulls? Not so much. When I was a boy, several people around had Char x Simm cows, They looked like pale yellow Simms or Herefords. From what I remember they were as docile as any other, and had plenty of milk. No one had any calving problems, but everyone had Angus bulls, and a few used Hereford. I really have no reason to feel that way about Char or Simm bulls, I just grew up hearing the horror stories from the 70's,. when Char and Simm bulls killed off about half the Ng and Herf herds around here. But, the bulls I see at the Char breeders place over here., have a lot smaller heads than the ones I see in the pics in his office of their foundation bulls from the early 70's. And Simms are mostly Angus now, I guess. They sure have Angus heads anyway.That's what chars usually do. The old cow killing char influenced calves is pretty much a thing of the past, even down south.
I did the Char/simm cow/calf thing and heifers that I wanted to keep, I bred with a Beefmaster bull to give them some heat tollerance, and better milking, and better foraging ability. Some chromed calves but mostly yellows.
My bull is 1/2 Char 1/2 Brangus. Get great calves breeding to angus and black baldy cows as well as brangus cows. I am in Florida, got Brahma to handle the heat.That's what chars usually do. The old cow killing char influenced calves is pretty much a thing of the past, even down south.
I did the Char/simm cow/calf thing and heifers that I wanted to keep, I bred with a Beefmaster bull to give them some heat tollerance, and better milking, and better foraging ability. Some chromed calves but mostly yellows.