Recent content by RedFernFarm

What is his name on here? I would love to show him a picture of the calf. The heifer we bought from him, Fern, is my favorite of all our herd. She comes to me on demand and loves me to pet her. She has always been the most gentle heifer. I love her so much.

I would love to see a picture. Can you post one?

What are the possibilities of something in the background? What different scenarios would explain these colors? I would just like to know how, genetically speaking, these colors would appear.

This is a better picture of her and a couple of her mother.

Her body is mostly black. It does seem to have a reddish undertone- No definitive red spots anywhere else. She also has a little white on her chest/ belly. I don't have the registration numbers handy. They are in our office. I'll get them when I get a chance though. Her mother, Fern, is a very...

I've been reading up on motley faced cattle but can't find anything to explain the red on her face (as a third color) other than the fact that her mother has a small amount of red on the corner of each eye. I am very happy she looks like this. I think she is beautiful. I'm glad she was born this...

We bred our registered Hereford heifer (Fern) to our registered Black Angus bull (Murray) so she would have an easier delivery with her first calf. I really wanted Fern to have a black baldy and was expecting a black calf with a white face. We didn't get what we expected, but baby Abigail is...