G A R Sunrise

[Jeanne - Simme Valley]

I get lots of "reddish" colored calves that turn out to be shiny black as yearlings.

 

[Ky hills]

I get lots of "reddish" colored calves that turn out to be shiny black as yearlings.

Same here, a lot of our Angus calves will be a brownish or reddish color for several months, but always turn out to be black. Had some calves from Angus cows and a red Limousin bull last year, some of them stayed reddish until after weaning but they eventually were turning pretty well black by the time we sold them.

 

[Jeanne - Simme Valley]

Not always, but many times, if mine are born jet black, they are homozygous black. But, a lot of the ones that start out mousy or reddish are heterozygous black. (Simmental)

 

[Ky hills]

Evidently reddish calves are fairly common with Angus, I have seen some bulls promoted as siring jet black calves

 

[boondocks]

Interesting, thanks for the reassurances, y'all. I'll repost in a few months when hopefully they will be jet black. They are otherwise very nice heifers.

 

[Ebenezer]

Reddish calves: check your minerals to be sure you have adequate copper. We used to have reddish calves, too. No more.

 

[Jeanne - Simme Valley]

Reddish calves: check your minerals to be sure you have adequate copper. We used to have reddish calves, too. No more.

This definitely can cause reddish hair coats, but mine are not. It is a Simmental "genetic" "thing". And if it is copper deficiency, it will usually show up in the mature cows also.

 

[True Grit Farms]

Reddish calves: check your minerals to be sure you have adequate copper. We used to have reddish calves, too. No more.

This definitely can cause reddish hair coats, but mine are not. It is a Simmental "genetic" "thing". And if it is copper deficiency, it will usually show up in the mature cows also.

Sometimes it's hard for the Angus gene to cover the reddish brown gene up.

 

[elkwc]

Interesting, thanks for the reassurances, y'all. I'll repost in a few months when hopefully they will be jet black. They are otherwise very nice heifers.

Any update on the Sunrise heifers?