No White Face ?

[Stocker Steve]

I bred a black cow with a red gene to an AI Hereford bull, and got a solid red heifer calf. The clean up bull is homo black.
How often do you not get a white face with a herf F1?

 

[KNERSIE]

never

 

[Taurus]

You can get solid calves sometimes.

 

[aprille218]

Does the bull have color around his eyes at all? Sometimes even the registered Herfs do and their calves seem to have less white on their faces.

 

[Carlos F.]

It happens. I got a cow which is 75% pure hereford 25% red angus. Solid red. Bred to a pure Hereford calves mostly red faces, sometimes a calf with just a little amount of white that most of the time is difficult to see from a distance. What I am sure is that the Hereford is 100% Hereford.

 

[Till-Hill]

Same problem here. Even used a Hereford on some Angus x Holstein recips and got some socks and dipstick tails on a couple that were solid faced. It happens alot more when you are like me and want baldy calves!

Had a RWF Hereford x Angus F1 cow. 6/8 were solid color. Mostly bred black Simmy and clubby. Last one was painted up real good when we put a painted up clubby bull on her!