Unusual colored calf

Calf is about a month old started black now turning "stripey" picture attached.
Angus parents
Just curious why the color change

Well, that cow appears to not be fullblood angus.

lol so it appears. Bull is for sure 100% registered etc. Mother unsure.

southalberta said:

lol so it appears. Bull is for sure 100% registered etc. Mother unsure.

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Well now you can be sure... mother is definitely not 100% Angus! Good looking calf though!

I'd wager the calf will darken.

Some of my simm influenced cows, angus sired will have that brindle..

Didn't some Angus are carrying wild type gene?

Our calves typically get light brown colored a month or so after birth and darken up again as they age.

Muddy said:

Didn't some Angus are carrying wild type gene?

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That one does...

Nice uddered cow with a good calf.

Looking at the cow and seeing the light colored muzzle and very fine bone I'd guess she maybe was 1/2-1/4 Jersey?

Fine boned comes from the bull also
2 other calves of his attached
These calves are out of red cows.

Bull is the one in front.

The cow looks pretty fine bones as well

I bought a heifer yesterday out of a black Angus and a Bradford cow that is a red tiger stripe. I bought her from my neighbor down the road there aren't any cows within a mile of his place. The bull has to be a red carrier for the heifer to be red.
I will post a picture when I get her tomorrow or the next day.

CB - yup.

Like holm25, that 'mealy mouth' and the speckled pattern of white on the udder suggests that there's something else, like Jersey, behind that cow.
That said, my bet is that calf will end up black... looks not unlike a lot of calves here with two black parents.

And yes, there are registered Angus that do carry the 'wild-color' gene, but that cow is almost certainly not purebred Angus.

Jeanne - Simme Valley said:

CB - yup.

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Here she is.

Nice patch of sunflowers!!!

Baby hair will bleach out..