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<blockquote data-quote="Logan52" data-source="post: 1795897" data-attributes="member: 32879"><p>Very interesting, Ky Hills, and I understand where you are coming from.</p><p>But, I do not see how you deny the fact that a small number of the gray calves resulting from breeding Angus to Charolais cross females will have the short hair and sparse tail switch associated with being a rat tail. I have seen it in calves I have raised myself. I do not think I am imagining this. I have never noticed a drop in performance in these calves I raised.</p><p>Now whether this is an actual detrimental condition is very open to debate.</p><p>Yes I have heard the graders at graded sales and stockyards personnel discuss this. In general it seems it to be less of a concern than it once was.</p><p>I have also seen cattle lose their tail switch when on high endophyte fescue. Could this be a part of the problem?</p><p>I only retain the black heifers from the Charolais cross cows, in part because I did not want rat tails.</p><p>I look at this as a chance to learn and hope my worries were misguided.</p><p>Could it be the true rat tail is real but very rare, and the occasional short coated calf with a sparse tail switch should really be of no concern?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Logan52, post: 1795897, member: 32879"] Very interesting, Ky Hills, and I understand where you are coming from. But, I do not see how you deny the fact that a small number of the gray calves resulting from breeding Angus to Charolais cross females will have the short hair and sparse tail switch associated with being a rat tail. I have seen it in calves I have raised myself. I do not think I am imagining this. I have never noticed a drop in performance in these calves I raised. Now whether this is an actual detrimental condition is very open to debate. Yes I have heard the graders at graded sales and stockyards personnel discuss this. In general it seems it to be less of a concern than it once was. I have also seen cattle lose their tail switch when on high endophyte fescue. Could this be a part of the problem? I only retain the black heifers from the Charolais cross cows, in part because I did not want rat tails. I look at this as a chance to learn and hope my worries were misguided. Could it be the true rat tail is real but very rare, and the occasional short coated calf with a sparse tail switch should really be of no concern? [/QUOTE]
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