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I have a friend in Nebraska that has a herd of Charolais and a herd of Black Angus. The white cattle won't mix with the Black and vice versa. Has anyone seen this before?
 
There doesn't appear to be any problems as far as fighting or anything. The situation is just such that if you open a gate and the first cow out is white, all the white will follow and then the black. Or if the first is Black then all the black will follow and then the white. They just seem to exist in 2 distinct groups, I just haven't heard of this before. thanks for the reply.
 
Yep, totally serious. I know it sounds like a joke but it isn't. Ever heard of cattle that discriminated based on color? :)
 
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Old Red":v4oxz6er said:
I have a friend in Nebraska that has a herd of Charolais and a herd of Black Angus. The white cattle won't mix with the Black and vice versa. Has anyone seen this before?
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Cattle are sometimes smarter than we think they are.
 
I'd bet a bull in that pasture won't discriminate!

Testosterone is the strongest thing on earth.
(Or USED to be anyway) :oops:
 
A friend of mine has a small herd of some first calf heifers, half black (brangus) and half white (i think they are char-bray, not real sure). and he has noticed the same thing. no problems but they don't hang out together. He does have a longhorn steer out there with them, he hangs out with the black ones mostly, but every once in awhile the steer can be caught grazing with the white ones.

Ryan
 
I would bring your cattle together for a group hug, and let them talk about their feelings. peace to the world :P
 
Crowderfarms":1p0xbazh said:
whatabull":1p0xbazh said:
I would bring your cattle together for a group hug, and let them talk about their feelings. peace to the world :P
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Tie Dye their Udders and give em' all headbands too right?
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Right on :)
 
Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha - gasp - wheeze - - I am just going to bed and I'll bet I have goofy dreams! Call Walt Disney for a "Cattle Call"! I've got a great idea for a new Documentary! Where is "Sponge Bob" when you need him?

DOC HARRIS
 
They drink at different tanks, they eat at different bunks and the angus have to enter the barn from the back door. Just remember that when you take them to the sale barn who rides in the back of the trailer. This could be a serious situation folks. :lol:
 
I helped a friend of mine out on his farm last year. He bought 10 charolais and put them with 15 cattle,( mostly angus) he already had. They wouldn't run together either. At calving time it was a pain, I was looking for cattle everywhere. When we would grain them they would all come, but then it seemed that the 2 oldest cows would have a standoff and butt heads. After they ate their grain they would come out of the lot and go their seperate ways.??? The bull, an Angus didn't seem to mind. If he wasn't with one bunch you could always find him with the other. Typical man ;-) Just kidding!
 
From my experience, if you co-mingle 2 groups that are large enough to be 2 herds (even just 3 or 4 animals) then a lot of times they will seperate them selves. I have this problem on one of my pastures. The old cows that have been there for a long time tend to stick together and the new cows tend to stick together and are usually found in a whole other part of the pasture. They come together fine when I call them and they don't fight but then the seperate out again. The bull seems to make his rounds but I've worried that he may miss one in the other group that he's not with at the time. BTW - I'ts not color lines their dividing on. :lol:
 
I have experienced something similar too. My dad's current herd is mostly black angus cross cows, and when I turned my 4 herefords out with them, I noticed that they always stay together. I'd say it's probably because I bought them all from the same guy, but it's just funny that when you go out to check them, they will be mingling with the black cows, but you will always find the 4 herefords within 100 yds of each other. I've got a couple more to turn out in December after I get them AI'd. They came from different herds all together, I'll let you know if they mingle with the blacks or stick together with the other 4 herfs. Racist cows, who'd of thunk it!! :lol: :lol:
 

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