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<blockquote data-quote="purecountry" data-source="post: 317897" data-attributes="member: 2306"><p>For the most part the hair is like that of a thick coated Maine Anjou. It's shiny healthy looking hair, but certainly not as long as the purbreds. I call it wolf pup hair. It's thick to run your fingers through, but wavy to look at. We have some calves that are 50/50 Galloway X Angus, and some 50% Galloway X 25/25 Angus/Tarentaise. Those 2 crosses knock the most hair off of the Galloways. Tarentaise are naturally a slicker haired breed, so even with 1/4 blood in there, they knock it off. But our calves that are 1/4 Hereford or a 1/4 Shorthorn, keep the thicker hair. </p><p></p><p>When we've sold our calves through an auction, the order buyers came to me afterwards to find out more about them, and they were surprised that they were 50% Galloway. I guess they expected Galloways to have 8-10" guard hairs like a Highland. In the summer though, even the purebred Galloways shed out quite well. They do fine in the heat, and I've only seen one of them ever panting to make me think she suffered a bit. She is of course our shaggiest cow, and come the last week of November when it was blizzarding and -40 C, she was leading the pack to go out and graze while the Angus cows huddled in the bush.</p><p></p><p>Honestly, I grew up a die-hard Angus boy, but I've become a through and through Galloway man. I love my shaggy little beasts. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="purecountry, post: 317897, member: 2306"] For the most part the hair is like that of a thick coated Maine Anjou. It's shiny healthy looking hair, but certainly not as long as the purbreds. I call it wolf pup hair. It's thick to run your fingers through, but wavy to look at. We have some calves that are 50/50 Galloway X Angus, and some 50% Galloway X 25/25 Angus/Tarentaise. Those 2 crosses knock the most hair off of the Galloways. Tarentaise are naturally a slicker haired breed, so even with 1/4 blood in there, they knock it off. But our calves that are 1/4 Hereford or a 1/4 Shorthorn, keep the thicker hair. When we've sold our calves through an auction, the order buyers came to me afterwards to find out more about them, and they were surprised that they were 50% Galloway. I guess they expected Galloways to have 8-10" guard hairs like a Highland. In the summer though, even the purebred Galloways shed out quite well. They do fine in the heat, and I've only seen one of them ever panting to make me think she suffered a bit. She is of course our shaggiest cow, and come the last week of November when it was blizzarding and -40 C, she was leading the pack to go out and graze while the Angus cows huddled in the bush. Honestly, I grew up a die-hard Angus boy, but I've become a through and through Galloway man. I love my shaggy little beasts. :D [/QUOTE]
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