Love My Breed: American Aberdeen Cattle 

We requested you to inform us about your loved one livestock breeds, and also you answered. Texas farmer Pleasure L. Rogerson wrote in to inform us all about retaining the American Aberdeen breed of cattle!

I absolutely love American Aberdeen Cattle. This breed is so docile, curious and pleasant. They immediately grow to be one of many household. Whether or not it’s an older cow or a brand new calf, their personalities come out they usually grow to be people, not simply ear tag numbers.

You recognize you have got completely satisfied cows once they come operating and leaping while you name them as much as see you!

This very feed-efficient, easy-keeping breed requires minimal acreage: 1 acre per head. Most homeowners solely feed grass and hay with minerals. 

Aussie Roots

This heritage breed comes from an unique herd developed in New South Wales, Australia, rigorously chosen for effectivity and smaller frames. The top outcome was a breed of small, polled cattle of pure Aberdeen Angus descent. American Aberdeen Cattle are freed from recognized genetic defects, together with the dwarf gene. 

Breeding Choices

American Aberdeen cows require little or no or no help at calving time and are wonderful moms elevating wholesome, well-developed calves. Little or no cattle gear is required to handle the cattle making them the right breed for newcomers. 

The American Aberdeen Affiliation permits cross breeding or proportion cattle to be registered. This helps the small farm proprietor provide extra selection to their breeding program to suit their particular person wants. An instance of proportion cattle could be crossing American Aberdeen Cattle with miniature American Herefords.

The cross ends in lovable black or purple baldly calves registerable as “Moderator.”  

Pleasure L. Rogerson, Wolf Ridge Ranch, Reagan, Texas

This text initially appeared within the Could/June 2022 subject of Interest Farms journal. E-mail us your ideas (~250 phrases) and a photograph of you and your livestock to hobbyfarms@hobbyfarms.com (topic line: I Love My Livestock!). We’ll publish our favorites in upcoming points.