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<blockquote data-quote="Lannie" data-source="post: 1733882" data-attributes="member: 8202"><p>Plus her coloring. I've only had cows for 14 years, and backyard milk cows at that, but every single calf (I've lost count how many now) out of my Jersey/Hereford mamas was born black or cocoa and the cocoa ones darkened to black by the time they were a year old. Twice I had calves with a splash of white somewhere (from Cricket and Bandit's Hereford blood), but never once did I have a red one from an Angus daddy. Oh, wait, the last stillborn heifer had a little white blaze and muzzle, I almost forgot. So three calves out of maybe twenty weren't solid black. Then again, genetics are mostly a mystery to me. I know the basics, but there's still 90% I don't know on the subject, so I'm easily confused, LOL!</p><p></p><p></p><p>Precisely why I use them as grab-handles. Cricket never used hers on me on purpose, but a simple head turn could make quite a large bruise if I was in the wrong place, so I learned early on to just grab on until I was past her. If I'd had my 'druthers, Molly would have been dehorned as a baby, but we'll see how things go.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lannie, post: 1733882, member: 8202"] Plus her coloring. I've only had cows for 14 years, and backyard milk cows at that, but every single calf (I've lost count how many now) out of my Jersey/Hereford mamas was born black or cocoa and the cocoa ones darkened to black by the time they were a year old. Twice I had calves with a splash of white somewhere (from Cricket and Bandit's Hereford blood), but never once did I have a red one from an Angus daddy. Oh, wait, the last stillborn heifer had a little white blaze and muzzle, I almost forgot. So three calves out of maybe twenty weren't solid black. Then again, genetics are mostly a mystery to me. I know the basics, but there's still 90% I don't know on the subject, so I'm easily confused, LOL! Precisely why I use them as grab-handles. Cricket never used hers on me on purpose, but a simple head turn could make quite a large bruise if I was in the wrong place, so I learned early on to just grab on until I was past her. If I'd had my 'druthers, Molly would have been dehorned as a baby, but we'll see how things go. [/QUOTE]
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