It helps shade the eyes. Herefords have been known for cancer eye. Shadeing and/or pigment helps in prevention.sporder":2wjg7hzn said:forgive me for being a little under educated but what is the importance of eyeset and eye pigment. how does it effect the quality of the bull/cow.
djinwa":38xvhg3x said:Seems like pigment would be better than deep eyeset.
3waycross":2sf2u28u said:The least you could do is clean em up if yer gonna take their picture
djinwa":fuf5nk4h said:Seems like pigment would be better than deep eyeset. Can they see where they're going?
alexfarms":2zpb5bh1 said:The bulls have very good eyeset. I am sure that deep eyeset and pigment around the eyes are positive traits. But I am convinced that inheritance plays a large role in cancer eye. What do you think?
Brandonm22":3fzgti3i said:djinwa":3fzgti3i said:Seems like pigment would be better than deep eyeset.
Who knows which is better??? I would kinda like to have pigment, deep eyeset, AND a pedigree that is known to be free of cancer eye for six generations. I guess I am greedy.