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<blockquote data-quote="Anonymous" data-source="post: 3947"><p>The odd colored black ones you see in Red Angus pedigrees are red carriers. Red will always breed red, I always firgured that with the black ones when the red showed up that Ma Nature had finally gotten it right.</p><p></p><p>dunmovin farms</p><p></p><p>> I think you were told that</p><p>> originally Angus could be red or</p><p>> black. And that's true. Angus were</p><p>> introduced into the United States</p><p>> in the 1870s and both reds and</p><p>> blacks were registered in the</p><p>> American Angus herdbook until 1917</p><p>> when reds were barred. A group of</p><p>> cattlemen throughout the United</p><p>> States started selecting for the</p><p>> red color in 1945. By 1954 a</p><p>> sufficient number of herds had</p><p>> been established that the Red</p><p>> Angus Association of America, was</p><p>> formed. It's a fault in Angus to</p><p>> be red and the animal can't be</p><p>> registered. I don't know if it's a</p><p>> fault in Red Angus to be black,</p><p>> though. Maybe Dunmovin can tell</p><p>> us? I see some black Angus show up</p><p>> pretty close in Red Angus</p><p>> pedigrees.</p><p></p><p>></p><p>> <A HREF="http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/breeds/cattle/" TARGET="_blank">http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/breeds/cattle/</A></p><p>> You might want to bookmark this</p><p>> site at Oklahoma State University.</p><p>> Then when someone mentions a</p><p>> breed, you can check it out.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 3947"] The odd colored black ones you see in Red Angus pedigrees are red carriers. Red will always breed red, I always firgured that with the black ones when the red showed up that Ma Nature had finally gotten it right. dunmovin farms > I think you were told that > originally Angus could be red or > black. And that’s true. Angus were > introduced into the United States > in the 1870s and both reds and > blacks were registered in the > American Angus herdbook until 1917 > when reds were barred. A group of > cattlemen throughout the United > States started selecting for the > red color in 1945. By 1954 a > sufficient number of herds had > been established that the Red > Angus Association of America, was > formed. It’s a fault in Angus to > be red and the animal can’t be > registered. I don’t know if it’s a > fault in Red Angus to be black, > though. Maybe Dunmovin can tell > us? I see some black Angus show up > pretty close in Red Angus > pedigrees. > > <A HREF="http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/breeds/cattle/" TARGET="_blank">http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/breeds/cattle/</A> > You might want to bookmark this > site at Oklahoma State University. > Then when someone mentions a > breed, you can check it out. [/QUOTE]
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