Welcome to Crystal Creek Gelbvieh Stud
YOU CAN'T PUSH BULL IN THIS BUSINESS!
Melbourne Show Gelbvieh Bull winner "True Grit" won't budge
for Farm Manager John Hortin.
OPEN FOR BEEF WEEK SATURDAY 28th JANUARY 2012 8AM-5PM Inspect our Gelbvieh and Balancer bulls for sale. Put more beef, milk and a quiet temperament into your herd. Come and see what we're talking about!
Our Address: 489 WHANREGARWEN RD. ALEXANDRA VICTORIA AUSTRALIA.
Our land - Situated on 522 beautiful acres of Goulburn River flats with a mix of hill country, our very productive land each year produces loads of wonderful grass hay and silage which gives us great carrying capacity, and with plenty of cool clear water from Crystal Creek running through our property, our cows and calves are happy and contented, and thrive accordingly. Seeing is believing - (have a look at "Farm Views" on our web site), also you're invited to visit us at any time of the year, but please give us a day or two notice and try to avoid the hay making season.
Gelbvieh and Angus - Our Gelbvieh Stud had its' beginnings on 3,500 acres of dry country at Swan Hill on the New South Wales side in 1998 and moved to this lovely part of the world in 2001. We run a herd of commercial cattle in conjunction with the Gelbvieh stud and have lately concentrated on crossing Red Angus (British) with the Gelbvieh (European) breeds to gain that hybrid vigour or "euro cross" which is now highly sought after by lot feeders. The Gelbvieh/Red Angus cross or "Balancer" seems to us to be an ideal combination, producing a well muscled fast maturing animal, with a quiet nature, which at weaning is ideal for the feed lotter. The same applies to Black Angus, and we have a number of Black Angus/Gelbvieh cross cattle. Whether black or red, they are all Angus, and colour is a matter of personal preference.
Gelbvieh and Hereford - We have also crossed the Gelbvieh with Hereford cows, and this cross was a great success, and we still have some of those original cows today, still producing a calf each year. This was our first venture with the Gelbvieh and introduced into our Hereford herd because of eye cancer problems arising from the dry and dusty conditions, and the small bush flies. Once we introduced the brown eye pigment of the Gelbvieh into the herd - no more cancerous eye problems and the milk production also improved which meant that our weaners were bigger and went ahead faster after they were taken from their mothers!
Gelbvieh and Shorthorn. An excellent cross with cows producing great milk and marbling but slightly slower in maturing, and as a result we have decided to direct our energies more towards the Gelbvieh and Angus breeds.
