ShuterSunset
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Is it possible for manure to completely bleach the hair white over a big spot on a red calf? We have a really nice Red Angus heifer calf that has a big white patch on the back of her neck. Her momma wouldn't claim her when she was born and we would run a different recip cow into the chute and let this calf nurse on the back teats from the back while her calf nursed on the front two. Of course, when these calves started nursing at the same time, she would always take a **** on the shoulders/back of the neck of the calf in back. I would try to scrape most of it off but eventually it started building up on there. This went on for a few weeks until we had to turn the recip out. The heifer now has a great big spot of white hair on the top of her shoulder at the base of her neck, right where she was always getting crapped on. I have seen them get manure burns where their hair turns white in spots on their flank and leg area but never have seen anything like this. I'm afraid that the white will be a disqualifying characteristic with the Red Angus Associaiton, even though I am 99% sure that it is all from the manure.