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Now where did this guy come from

Postby jcummins » Fri Jan 02, 2009 8:18 pm

His mommy is behind him, the bull is a Chraolais. Last years calf from the same bull/cow was nothing like this.

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Re: Now where did this guy come from

Postby Wewild » Fri Jan 02, 2009 8:25 pm

Holstein influence somewhere?
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Re: Now where did this guy come from

Postby K2011 » Fri Jan 02, 2009 8:30 pm

Did another bull get in???
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Re: Now where did this guy come from

Postby Red Bull Breeder » Fri Jan 02, 2009 8:32 pm

Momma got some Simmi in her.
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Re: Now where did this guy come from

Postby bigbull338 » Fri Jan 02, 2009 8:41 pm

i know this for sure.that is 1 cute lil calf.
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Re: Now where did this guy come from

Postby K2011 » Fri Jan 02, 2009 8:43 pm

Red Bull Breeder wrote:Momma got some Simmi in her.


That's what I was thinking....we have a lot of calves that look like that....they have a lot of simm in them
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Re: Now where did this guy come from

Postby Keren » Fri Jan 02, 2009 8:46 pm

K2011 wrote:
Red Bull Breeder wrote:Momma got some Simmi in her.


That's what I was thinking....we have a lot of calves that look like that....they have a lot of simm in them


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Re: Now where did this guy come from

Postby jcummins » Fri Jan 02, 2009 9:19 pm

Not sure the history of the cow, we bought at a sale. Another bull did not get to the cow. But this came as a surprise since here is the same cow with last years calf. Most of the calves I have look more like the one in this picture.

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Re: Now where did this guy come from

Postby hillsdown » Fri Jan 02, 2009 9:25 pm

Cute calf..

I had a little heifer born last year that looked like him. Mom was Charolais and the dad was a balancer bull (gv x ra). I don't know the whole background of the mom though as she is as old as moses but she must have something else in her besides char.

Here's a couple pics of the heifer.

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Re: Now where did this guy come from

Postby Roadapple » Fri Jan 02, 2009 11:27 pm

Hillsdown, had a cow that turned out calves like you posted. Pinzgauer.
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Re: Now where did this guy come from

Postby jedstivers » Fri Jan 02, 2009 11:37 pm

Looks like a match to the calico buck :lol2:
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Re: Now where did this guy come from

Postby Keren » Sat Jan 03, 2009 5:43 am

Hills, although that is the classical pinz pattern, I believe that charolais and simmy can also throw that pattern. I think its been discussed here before ...
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Re: Now where did this guy come from

Postby randiliana » Sat Jan 03, 2009 12:50 pm

A lot of charolais can throw that pattern. Char in Canada and the USA were bred up to purebred status, which is why you see red, tan, black and grayish purebreds. Most likely that lineback traces back to longhorn. It is a dominant trait, but the homo dilution of the Char breed would hide it (after all, white is white), until you bred a carrier to a non-dilute animal. Chars can also have spots, stars, blazes and other markings, it is just that on a white animal it is kind of hard to see white markings.

The black cow has the spotting gene, and obviously so does the bull she was bred to.
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Re: Now where did this guy come from

Postby Workinonit Farm » Sat Jan 03, 2009 6:32 pm

jscummins, I wish I could have seen the expression on your face when you first saw that calf!! :lol:

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Re: Now where did this guy come from

Postby jcummins » Sat Jan 03, 2009 7:39 pm

Workinonit Farm wrote:jscummins, I wish I could have seen the expression on your face when you first saw that calf!! :lol:

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I still have an open sore on the bottom of my chin from when it hit the ground. My wife is out of state (mother having surgery), and she has only seen the picture and wants to see it so badly. The word everyone is saying is how cute. I will say this, this cow throws fast growing calves, and this calf is already bigger than one born 5 days before it.
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