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The Red Angus Herd
Our Red Angus herd was founded in 1998, using genetics from Leachman in Montana, USA. Since then we have used other sires to widen the genetic base of the herd, as the red version of the Angus breed has become more popular in the UK. The Red Angus is the foundation breed for many successful composite breeds worldwide, because it has been strongly selected for its commercial and maternal values; ie fertility and milkiness. This selection pressure has become ever more focussed on modern requirements for low maintenance, high performance cattle.
Our foundation stock was designed to combine these qualities with moderate birthweights and high growth rates, and to produce cattle with conformation to meet UK carcase specifications. In the UK we have sold over 30 Hawkley Red Angus bulls to work in commercial herds, mostly for breeding suckler replacements, and being used on breeds such as South Devon, Sussex, Simmental and Red Poll. The US Red Angus is one of the four foundation breeds of the Stabiliser composite, and some of our bulls are being used in Stabiliser herds. The quiet temperament of the Red Angus comes through in the Stabiliser which is gaining a reputation for its docility. We have also exported bulls to Ireland and France since 2006. As Red and Black Angus are the same breed, the reds are registered with the Aberdeen Angus Cattle Society in Perth, and qualify for Angus premium beef schemes. Stock Bulls |
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Calves born in 2011 were sired by homebred stock bull Hawkley Red Zenith and by Netherton Red Elvis. Our objective is to create new unrelated family lines via our imports from the USA. We have also had 12 calves born in 2011 from 3 new cow families: HCFA Stony 314, FHCC Rachille 3122, and BJR Rebalas, ET sires used were Majestic Lightning who was the 2009 Grand Champion Red Angus in the USA, Dakota Copper and Norseman King, who are top ABS sires, known for breeding superb females. We already have offspring by Red Fine Line Mulberry and LJC Mission Statement. |
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Other Sires Used in 2011 |
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