Re: Hardy breeds / crosses for the winter
[re: canoetrpr]
06/15/08 03:02 PM
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We have raised many beef animals, from beef breeds to dairy bull calves. Almost any of them will be fine with a simple 3 sided lean to with the open side facing south. We have severe winters with temps down to -30C and over 100" of snowfall. That being said I like my Galloway's and Galloway cross the best. While the other breeds tend to stay in the shed, hay, water circle the galloways wade all over the pasture. They are very hardy, Gain very well and turn out a superior quality carcass in the same amount of time as other breeds. I have never raised them but what I have studied indicates Highlands are very hardy but they don't finish as quickly as most other breeds, typically 3 years compared to 2 for a dairy breed, and beef breeds as little as 18 months. I try to do my Galloways at 20 to 24 months.
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