Cattle Breeds

In Europe, Belgian Blue calves are quite heavy, averaging around 100 lbs at the least. In North America, where Belgian Blues are not bred to be extremely muscular and are completely dependent on humans to care for them, calving rates are a bit lighter, averaging around 70 to 80 lbs, small enough that a BB cow can calve out naturally on her own.

Well they were the only breed or type of cattle available at the time, if you're referring to the time period of the 1800's. They had adapted quite well since being dropped off by the Spanish four hundred years prior, and thus were considered the "preferred" type of cattle on the American plains and chaparral deserts. All the other cattle that came to North America, like the Angus, were considered "freaks" and didn't win any hearts of any seasoned or veteran cattlemen who liked their speckled, long horned cattle. It's certainly the opposite of that in today's world!!

Over five to six feet tall and 1600 lbs for cows or at least 2300 lbs for bulls.

You need to specify which Hereford breed association you are referring to, or if you're talking about ALL Hereford breed associations that exist in the world.

That would be the famous Holstein.

Charbrays can be both horned or polled, or even scurred.

Some do, yes. They can be both polled and horned.

Polled.

The gestation period of a Red Pol cow is around 285 days long, plus or minus a few days.

No. Grain should only be fed if a) you are wanting to finish them on grain for beef, or b) they are loosing weight and condition on hay, or if the hay is not adequate nutrition enough for lactating cows and/or growing cattle. If you're doing none of the above or your cows and growers are doing just fine on hay alone, then don't bother wasting your money on grain.

That all depends on what breed that beef calf is. A 1 month old beef calf can weigh anywhere from 80 lbs to over 200 lbs or more.

No European dairy breed is guaranteed to give A2 milk in all cases because of inter-breeding, deliberate or accidental. Whatever the breed, the only way to know is to have the cows (and bulls) individually tested. Guernsey is the breed with probably the highest ratio of pure A2 cows but there will usually be some cows in a Guernsey herd that have a mixture of A2 and A1 or even have the pure A1 gene, and therefore the herd cannot qualify as giving A2 milk. Jersey and Simmental also have higher ratios than the black-and-white breeds such as Holstein and Friesian that tend to dominate many modern dairy herds. Asian and African breeds are also generally A2, which is thought to explain, at least partly, why human populations that use their milk do not have the high incidence of certain diseases (eg CHD and Type 1 Diabetes) that is found in countries where the dairy herd is of European origin, especially Holstein and Friesian.

Two things: their HUGE size (Frame size of at least 9 and often weighs well over 2500 lbs) and not-so docile temperament.

Yes it is. Simmentals originated from Switzerland which is a country in Europe, thus the term "European" breed. Simmentals are also referred as a "Continental breed" which is, suffice to say, a similar term to that of a European breed, but a term that sets the British breeds (which are also European) apart from the Continentals like Simmental, Limousin and Charolais. British breeds include Shorthorn, Angus and Hereford.

they are from frnce and they were imported to Canada in 1969!

Hot-shot, cattle prod, shock-prod, etc.

Belgian blue cows likely live for 10 to 15 years, the same amount of time for any beef cow.

Since there is no actual statistical source for this, the answer to this can only be a guess: I would think that 80 to 90 percent of all beef cattle in the United States are polled. The majority of this percentage would comprise of Angus and Angus-cross cattle.

Beefmasters come in black and red. Red colouration varies from light to dark, and they may also have white patches on the forehead and/or the body, especially along the underline from the elbow to the flank.

This couldn't be farther from the truth. Whoever told you that Longhorn cattle don't need water is a liar, uneducated about the breed or mistaken. Just because Texas Longhorns are known to and bred to live in the desert does NOT mean that they don't need water. They're not like camels where they can survive for weeks without water: they NEED water just like any other bovine, and cannot survive for more than a week without it.

However, it is probably the fact that Longhorns are able to eat cacti is where you get the phrase that "longhorn cattle don't need water." The cacti they eat is full of water, and is enough to keep them satisfied without having to find water sources for many days, if not weeks. But put a Longhorn herd in an area where there are no cacti, just grass, and never let them have access to water (not even from a stream, a dugout or even a low wet area), you will have an animal abuse/cruelty case on your hands because of the fact you neglected to give them water that they are in need of.

Switzerland.

The Brahman breed itself originates from the United States, but it comes from three breeds that have been imported from India: Nellore, Gyr and Guzerat. Thus, one can say that the American Brahman originates from India, even though it was made in America.

Commercial stock.