hermaphradite calf????

[CKC1586]

This thread sure explains a lot!

Oh my.

[longhornlover3498]

Longhornlover3498, I'm just curious, how old are you? Male or female?

dont mean to be rude but, WHY

[ANAZAZI]

The great question is why the grandfather did not tell her?

[Taurus]

SHE is a 14 years old.

Why leave him intact if he is a longhorn cross...not good bull for commerical breeding..

[North Ridge Ranching]

This is quite an entertaining thread. I take it you are quite new to this. Most bull calves will have some sort of teat on them. I know an old guy around here who wouldn't buy a bull unless he had four teats because he said it meant that his daughters would have four nice teats with no extras.

Have you ever heard of the expression " Useless as tits on a boar "

[longhornlover3498]

SHE is a 14 years old.

Why leave him intact if he is a longhorn cross...not good bull for commerical breeding..

well apparently he's good enough for the buyer.

[Kathie in Thorp]

today when i went out to look at the cows and check for calves,snowflake had a black calf sleeping by her feet. snowflake is a LH/blk max/red angus cross. last year we line bred her her sires brother. when i reached under the calf i felt small udders my first thought was that it was a heifer,but when reached more towards that rear end that calf had nuts too! i got IT to stand up and my grandfather and i looked under it and we saw the teats...but we saw the nuts as well...

Check your male cat, dog, hog, goat, hampster, your BF -- your calf . . . got nipples?

[longhornlover3498]

no male cat,dogs out at the moment,no hog,no goat,hamsters female,boyfriends in another town.

[Taurus]

SHE is a 14 years old.

Why leave him intact if he is a longhorn cross...not good bull for commerical breeding..

well apparently he's good enough for the buyer.

Either the buyer is only a hobby farmer or rodeo stocker, a longhorn cross bull have no place in commerical cattle operations. That bull will bring less money for him if he throws colored calves.

[longhornlover3498]

he's wanting colored calves. he came out to our place the day hermes was born and was looking at our bull calves. he has 40 longhorns,corriente and shorthorn cows. he tried to run a longhorn bull with them but he didnt like him very much. he said he wanted a black bull that had a low BW, was long and thin at birth,was polled and that wasnt ornry. so we let him pick and he said he'll pick him up after weaning so that he can monitor what he eats.

[vclavin]

he's wanting colored calves. he came out to our place the day hermes was born and was looking at our bull calves. he has 40 longhorns,corriente and shorthorn cows. he tried to run a longhorn bull with them but he didnt like him very much. he said he wanted a black bull that had a low BW, was long and thin at birth,was polled and that wasnt ornry. so we let him pick and he said he'll pick him up after weaning so that he can monitor what he eats.

What did the calf weigh?
Valerie

[Chris H]

he's wanting colored calves. he came out to our place the day hermes was born and was looking at our bull calves. he has 40 longhorns,corriente and shorthorn cows. he tried to run a longhorn bull with them but he didnt like him very much. he said he wanted a black bull that had a low BW, was long and thin at birth,was polled and that wasnt ornry. so we let him pick and he said he'll pick him up after weaning so that he can monitor what he eats.

If he wants & gets a black bull then he shouldn't expect colored calves. This bull most likely is not homozygous black, and could throw colored calves but he'd get more color by using a colored bull. BTW, you do know when you say 'colored calves' you're talking about getting reds, yellows, roans, & spotted calves?

[KNERSIE]

Longhornlover3498, I'm just curious, how old are you? Male or female?

dont mean to be rude but, WHY

Knowing your age and gender would explain why you ask the questions you do and will most likely ensure you get more informative answers and fewer sarcastic remarks. I know it shouldn't make a difference in the way someone replies to a thread, but it does and I know I am just as guilty in that regard.

[longhornlover3498]

he's wanting colored calves. he came out to our place the day hermes was born and was looking at our bull calves. he has 40 longhorns,corriente and shorthorn cows. he tried to run a longhorn bull with them but he didnt like him very much. he said he wanted a black bull that had a low BW, was long and thin at birth,was polled and that wasnt ornry. so we let him pick and he said he'll pick him up after weaning so that he can monitor what he eats.

What did the calf weigh?
Valerie

68 lbs. may i ask why?

he's wanting colored calves. he came out to our place the day hermes was born and was looking at our bull calves. he has 40 longhorns,corriente and shorthorn cows. he tried to run a longhorn bull with them but he didnt like him very much. he said he wanted a black bull that had a low BW, was long and thin at birth,was polled and that wasnt ornry. so we let him pick and he said he'll pick him up after weaning so that he can monitor what he eats.

If he wants & gets a black bull then he shouldn't expect colored calves. This bull most likely is not homozygous black, and could throw colored calves but he'd get more color by using a colored bull. BTW, you do know when you say 'colored calves' you're talking about getting reds, yellows, roans, & spotted calves?

he told us all his cows are colored or spotted so he wanted a bull that standed out with his cows. he didnt not want a homozygous black bull though. we also asked him why he didnt just go with an angus or a limo,he said he didnt like them. he wanted plenty of hybrid vigor in his calves so he said the best bull for him was a cross breed.

[kenny thomas]

I am happy you are trying and asking questions. Wish more young people would. I am a little older, 40 years, but I still learn a few things. I just have problems remembering them. hahaha