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I have read that if you cross a black angus with a gray brama you would get a red brangus. Is this correct? If not and you want a red brangus would you have to use a red angus. Also are brangus 50/50 cross.

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Click on the "BREEDS" link on the front page here at Cattle Today. You can locate a history of major breeds of cattle. True Brangus are 5/8 Angus 3/8 Brahman. Red Angus, if I remember correctly, don't have a specific percentage.

> I have read that if you cross a
> black angus with a gray brama you
> would get a red brangus. Is this
> correct? If not and you want a red
> brangus would you have to use a
> red angus. Also are brangus 50/50
> cross.
 
> I have read that if you cross a
> black angus with a gray brama you
> would get a red brangus. Is this
> correct? If not and you want a red
> brangus would you have to use a
> red angus. Also are brangus 50/50
> cross.

Red Angus are 100% Angus unless otherwise specified. American Red Brangus are any percentage of Angus and Brahman typically around 50 / 50. International Red Brangus are 5/8 Angus 3/8 Brahman. Angus plus are any combination of Angus and Brahman with 50% or less Brahman typically less than 3/8. Confused yet?

Some black Angus carry the red gene and will at times throw a red calf when breed to Brahman. The easiest way to get to Red Brangus is to use Red Angus.
 
Oops, I meant to say "Red BRANGUS, if I remember correctly, don't have a specific percentage." Sorry about that...

> Red Angus are 100% Angus unless
> otherwise specified. American Red
> Brangus are any percentage of
> Angus and Brahman typically around
> 50 / 50. International Red Brangus
> are 5/8 Angus 3/8 Brahman. Angus
> plus are any combination of Angus
> and Brahman with 50% or less
> Brahman typically less than 3/8.
> Confused yet?

> Some black Angus carry the red
> gene and will at times throw a red
> calf when breed to Brahman. The
> easiest way to get to Red Brangus
> is to use Red Angus.
 
> Red Angus are 100% Angus unless
> otherwise specified. American Red
> Brangus are any percentage of
> Angus and Brahman typically around
> 50 / 50. International Red Brangus
> are 5/8 Angus 3/8 Brahman. Angus
> plus are any combination of Angus
> and Brahman with 50% or less
> Brahman typically less than 3/8.
> Confused yet?

> Some black Angus carry the red
> gene and will at times throw a red
> calf when breed to Brahman. The
> easiest way to get to Red Brangus
> is to use Red Angus.

Frankie is right. The American Red Brangus Breeders Association will register most with as little as 50% Angus. However most are about 3/4 Angus.

The International Red Brangus Breeders Association will only register 3/8 Brahman and 5/8 Angus. The foundation stock came from the Black Brangus that had a donminate red gene and had a red calf.



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> Frankie is right. The American Red
> Brangus Breeders Association will
> register most with as little as
> 50% Angus. However most are about
> 3/4 Angus.

> The International Red Brangus
> Breeders Association will only
> register 3/8 Brahman and 5/8
> Angus. The foundation stock came
> from the Black Brangus that had a
> donminate red gene and had a red
> calf.

The red gene is recessive. Some of the foundation stock came from black Brangus that carried red genes but most came from Red Angus and Brahman breed to the 3/8. Check out this site <A HREF="http://www.redbrangus.org/history.html" TARGET="_blank">http://www.redbrangus.org/history.html</A>.
 

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