lakading
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How do they handle cold winters?
topsquar":2f870e0f said:um very good they are basically a diluted Angus, they are a british breed in genetics, but developed in australia, the original shorthorn blue roan cow that was crossed with the Angus bull=blue is a dilute of black when you cross Angus with murrey gey you get a number of grey calves the modern murrey grey has very little shorthorn in its genetics, the grey cattlemans society of australia combined with the murrey grey society years ago, the grey cattle of australia based in tasmania where originally a Angus x charolaise these two societies combined so the genetics are anyones guese. there may be some debate on this ,but at the end of the day a murrey grey is just a grey angus.
SPRINGER FARMS MURRAY GRE":2luu5u8f said:topsquar":2luu5u8f said:um very good they are basically a diluted Angus, they are a british breed in genetics, but developed in australia, the original shorthorn blue roan cow that was crossed with the Angus bull=blue is a dilute of black when you cross Angus with murrey gey you get a number of grey calves the modern murrey grey has very little shorthorn in its genetics, the grey cattlemans society of australia combined with the murrey grey society years ago, the grey cattle of australia based in tasmania where originally a Angus x charolaise these two societies combined so the genetics are anyones guese. there may be some debate on this ,but at the end of the day a murrey grey is just a grey angus.
I doubt that they can be considered a "grey angus". The cross occurred a long time ago, they have their own genetics. If you consider the phenotype it is shorthorn more than the angus.and by the way....they do very well in the colder temps...as attested to by our canadian friends to the north! They are very adaptable!
aplusmnt":es0onquw said:Do you get any color variations with them or if you use Grey on Grey do you always get a grey one? I know shorthorns can get some varied colors.
If you breed them to black to you get black or do they dilute like the Charolais do and give you a smokey?
aplusmnt":3scqekip said:Curious if they are used much in rasing show calves? How they would cross with some of the Club bulls? Simmental bulls? Do the big shows have a class for them? What all do they cross good with?