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<blockquote data-quote="shortybreeder" data-source="post: 1085346" data-attributes="member: 21626"><p>To avoid Roans all you need is red cows crossed with red bulls, and avoid the white bulls like the plague if you don't want to get a roan calf. Do you see the red and white ones getting discounted too? (Spotted white, rather than the roan pattern of white hairs growing amongst the red ones) Because I have one roan cow and one R/W cow, and when bred to the same bull they are consistently throwing the same pattern calves as themselves. If you have some Hereford's, my recommendation would be to A.I. a couple to a good red bull. My current favorite (for price:quality ratio) would have to be Homedale Creole 135. I love my calves, and I know Frank loves his too. Can also cross a red shorthorn, or a R/W shorthorn with a black bull and you'll get a solid black calf. Or if you do end up with a roan cow, I would A.I. her to a really good maternally oriented black bull (sim or angus) and hope for a heifer calf. There is only a 50% chance that the offspring will be roan, and 50% chance it will be black. I think a good blue roan cow is hard to beat for eye appeal in the pasture, and will always raise one heck of a calf when crossed with a strong black terminal bull.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="shortybreeder, post: 1085346, member: 21626"] To avoid Roans all you need is red cows crossed with red bulls, and avoid the white bulls like the plague if you don't want to get a roan calf. Do you see the red and white ones getting discounted too? (Spotted white, rather than the roan pattern of white hairs growing amongst the red ones) Because I have one roan cow and one R/W cow, and when bred to the same bull they are consistently throwing the same pattern calves as themselves. If you have some Hereford's, my recommendation would be to A.I. a couple to a good red bull. My current favorite (for price:quality ratio) would have to be Homedale Creole 135. I love my calves, and I know Frank loves his too. Can also cross a red shorthorn, or a R/W shorthorn with a black bull and you'll get a solid black calf. Or if you do end up with a roan cow, I would A.I. her to a really good maternally oriented black bull (sim or angus) and hope for a heifer calf. There is only a 50% chance that the offspring will be roan, and 50% chance it will be black. I think a good blue roan cow is hard to beat for eye appeal in the pasture, and will always raise one heck of a calf when crossed with a strong black terminal bull. [/QUOTE]
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