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<blockquote data-quote="Ky hills" data-source="post: 1850499" data-attributes="member: 24816"><p>My understanding is that even if just one parent is purebred Hereford the face should not be solid, it could be mottled though. </p><p>I have actually heard of folks getting solid faced calves from commercial cows bred to registered Hereford bulls. The implication being that there is something else in the genetic woodpile of the Hereford bull. I have never seen that so cannot verify </p><p>I do know that we are using a commercial bull that is 3/4 Angus and 1/4 Hereford. Some of his calves look very much like a purebred Hereford out of Hereford or even Hereford cross cows at times. We sometimes get solid color calves from him as well out of crossbred 1/2 Hereford cows as well as solid white faced and a range of mottled faces.</p><p>My point in bringing up about the crossbred bull is that often times if we went by looks alone several of our cows would look like pure Herefords but in reality they have a significant percentage of another breed in them.</p><p>I also know that a significant number of present day registered Herefords look like what we used to call rednecks as far as their markings, sone have spots on their faces or rings around their eyes. I'm not sure if breeding those kind of cattle together for a few generations could eventually get to solid face or not.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ky hills, post: 1850499, member: 24816"] My understanding is that even if just one parent is purebred Hereford the face should not be solid, it could be mottled though. I have actually heard of folks getting solid faced calves from commercial cows bred to registered Hereford bulls. The implication being that there is something else in the genetic woodpile of the Hereford bull. I have never seen that so cannot verify I do know that we are using a commercial bull that is 3/4 Angus and 1/4 Hereford. Some of his calves look very much like a purebred Hereford out of Hereford or even Hereford cross cows at times. We sometimes get solid color calves from him as well out of crossbred 1/2 Hereford cows as well as solid white faced and a range of mottled faces. My point in bringing up about the crossbred bull is that often times if we went by looks alone several of our cows would look like pure Herefords but in reality they have a significant percentage of another breed in them. I also know that a significant number of present day registered Herefords look like what we used to call rednecks as far as their markings, sone have spots on their faces or rings around their eyes. I’m not sure if breeding those kind of cattle together for a few generations could eventually get to solid face or not. [/QUOTE]
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