Are these Belted Galloways?

[Hippie Rancher]

friend sent pix from Denmark, are the belts furrier than the main body? I have seen them slick but not in colder climate or winter.

 

[Jeanne - Simme Valley]

Yes, most of them look like BG or crosses.
On my Simmentals, any white hair grows faster/longer than the colored hair.

 

[Mark Reynolds]

Oreo cows!

 

[chevytaHOE5674]

I have 2 belted cows. On 1 the white belt grows long and fuzzy the other the white stays short and sleek even in February at -30.

 

[Hippie Rancher]

Yes, most of them look like BG or crosses.
On my Simmentals, any white hair grows faster/longer than the colored hair.

interesting. I have seen old paint horses where the nonwhite hair will shed later in the spring but never noticed other hair length differences in any other stock. (of course we rarely get below freezing here)

 

[Mrcopier]

I had several before I grew up and knew better. Nobody in Texas knew what they were so they brought Holstein money at a beef sale. Not all have perfect belts and aren't worth much even to beltie breeder so to the sale they go. Or freezer meat , which they are good. But I couldn't eat them all

 

[Hippie Rancher]

I had several before I grew up and knew better. Nobody in Texas knew what they were so they brought Holstein money at a beef sale. Not all have perfect belts and aren't worth much even to beltie breeder so to the sale they go. Or freezer meat , which they are good. But I couldn't eat them all

a few years ago we bought some hay from a guy that had a little herd but I don't think they can handle the heat here and he seems to have gone out of business or moved away. I wouldn't mind one just for novelty but yeah, not interested in them otherwise. my friend tries to send pix of cows wherever she travels.

 

[Hippie Rancher]

so my friend told me a little more about that herd. apparently it is a mixed ownership herd that is using a sort of national park. the people involved are city dwellers that just have one or two animals and they use that park for pasture and the cattle keep it grazed for management. I don't know how they manage breeding (and didn't notice bulls in the pictures) but thought that was an interesting arrangement that seems to benefit all the parties involved. (and recognized the benefits of grazing)

 

[Logan52]

They might be Dutch Belteds, a sort of dairy or dual purpose breed more common in Europe than America.

 

[Ky hills]

Here's our 2 Belted Galloways, they stay wooly year round, and spend close to 3/4 of the year in ponds if they can get in one,

 

[farmerjan]

Galloways, and highlands have a double hair coat which it what makes them exceptional for cold and damp climates...
The pix of the ones from your friend in Denmark are probably belted galloways, and some are even just the solid galloways... they come in 3 basic colors, red dun and black... and the belted ones also have all 3 colors.
Possibly have some cross breeding with charolais.
The Dutch Belted dairy cattle do not have the shorter stouter body, and do not have the double hair coat. I am sure there have been some breeding back and forth over the years... but they have a definite dairy type compared to the beef type.
Galloways , the belted ones I have had, are good eating... they do not develop alot of back fat due to the heavier double coat. It is more than sufficient to keep them warm so do not lay on a layer of fat against the cold. The marble good and finish easily on grass.

Normally, they do not do as good in the hotter climates, like the highlands... but some seem to adapt pretty good to hotter temps. That is not what they were originally developed for.

@chevytaHOE5674 ... any chance one of yours is a belted galloway and the other have dutch belted in it?
I liked my belted galloways....had 4-5 and they all were good dispositioned... would like to get a couple again just for fun... I have some semen in my tank to breed AI.....

 

[chevytaHOE5674]

Both of mine are 100% registered belted Galloway cows. One has a full complete belt, the other has a 2/3 belt.

My wife likes the look of them. I've spent the last 8 or 10 years trying to breed the belt out of them... ha

 

[Cabanha Santa Isabel/BRZ]

Surely they are Galloways.

 

[gcreekrch]

They are pretty much worthless in the mainstream markets.

 

[Stonewall Joe]

They are pretty much worthless in the mainstream markets.

nealry every niche has a buyer waiting to buy, it's your job to find them, and when you do the value goes up because no one ever buys anything for themself that at the point of purchase seems to cost too much

 

[Dave]

They are pretty much worthless in the mainstream markets.

New neighbor guy has 25 pure black Galloway cows. He bought them bred to a Hereford bull. Told me that those calves will be in high demand here. I didn't reply, just thought not my monkey not my circus. Last spring he got a Galloway bull. There are 4 calves on the ground now. The oldest 2 look to be a couple of months old. Must not have been a very good bull.

 

[Mrcopier]

The word was they were going to be here in Texas as well, and that was 25 years ago and still hasn't happened

 

[Mark Reynolds]

New neighbor guy has 25 pure black Galloway cows. He bought them bred to a Hereford bull. Told me that those calves will be in high demand here. I didn't reply, just thought not my monkey not my circus. Last spring he got a Galloway bull. There are 4 calves on the ground now. The oldest 2 look to be a couple of months old. Must not have been a very good bull.

To each their own. Every livestock producer has to decide their own goals or "which rabbit hole they want to go down". The problem is, too many of them "don't do their homework" first or "leap before they look". They also turn around and come back out the rabbit hole, ("change directions mid-stream") and that potentially puts them in the jaws of the fox who is now waiting outside the rabbit hole for them. I haven't gone down a rabbit hole.....yet.

 

[Mrcopier]

I've been down many rabbit holes lol. Glad I started young so I could recoup