Addison Ranch is family owned and operated by Brett and Lisa Addison. They have been involved in agriculture for over 25 years. They keep busy with a native-wildlife hunting business, cattle, goats and raising as much of their own food as possible. Their goal is to work in sync with nature and without the use of chemicals as they manage the land and animals while promoting a healthy lifestyle. They provide tips and techniques on hunting, ranching, gardening and healthy living to help anyone who is like-minded achieve the same goals.
Bulls look like they’re thriving Brett! Definitely adapted to their environment there. Got happy lines, nice and slick, lookin good! Have a good one Brett!
Man you have brought memories from way back, we used to have Mashona and Tuli cattle at our rural homestead in the Manicaland province of Zimbabwe, both of these breeds are Zimbabwean breeds and they are hardy, cows calve easily with the mashona breed, they are very calm and attentive in nature but they are also very protective of their young, i mean these animals almost never gets ill, the few times they did during my teenage years they would be given a mixture of soot and water and would be fine afterwards however my grandparents always made sure to dose them when required and they used rafazole for that, i can never forget that and the herd was decent at one time they had over 80 cattle, they weren't commercial farmers or anything but then again they were never broke because they would sell those animals when there was need and moreover they used almost zero supplements, their diet was mainly from grazing and foraging and during the dry months of the year they would be given straw which we would collect when we harverst our maize cut it up and and store it in stacks that straw would often be mixed with a little bit of molasses and sometimes coarse salt and thats all the supplements they got during the dry season, during the time of plenty grazing and foraging was all the food they needed, sometimes they would throw water melons or maize cobs in their feeding lot for them to eat but generally they require very low maintenance
@@ronaldtsotsomakays8094 Wow!! Great to hear from you!! The Mashona are our favorite Breed. Simply stated, the utilize what they have and stay FAT!!! Thanks again😁😁👏🏻
I love the Mashona breed and watching how they move, beautiful. Is there Mashona ranch here in Florida or do you know? I would like to visit a place that raises them.
Cattle are looking well, a real good line of heifers , a few there that need to take a ride to town ,once they are gone you will have a top line of commercial heifers that any body would be proud to own. With prices the way they are and a shortage of females now is the time to unload older cows and young ones that don't measure up. In Kit Pharos's update he said the experts predict that prices will hold for quite some time as female numbers will take longer to build up due to drought and a smaller number of females in the National herd. Strike while the iron is hot.
@@addisonranch 😂. well, I was too slow on the draw for a young black bull earlier this week… So I’ll just wait and see if a Red Bull ever comes out of Oklahoma
Interesting Crossbreds....the resulting Heifers should be sold as Premium Replacement Heifers, AI bred and Synchronized to Akaushi or Wagyu Bulls, or simply back to Angus or Hereford Calving Ease Sires.
@@Garybob-e9q or bred back to Mashona angus bulls, calves fed grass only from birth to finish and sold as such for a premium. All while utilizing zero inputs👊🏻👊🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
@@addisonranch how many Generations of Linebreeding , given Selection Pressure for Fertility and Relevant Traits plus Phenotype, would it take to stabilize the Composite??
@@Garybob-e9q you got me. We’ve been line breeding our cow herd for 14 years then introduced the Mashona. By taking inputs out of the equation and letting the cream come to the top for our management nature has become our manager for letting our cows function like a cow.
