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<blockquote data-quote="Putangitangi" data-source="post: 1102940" data-attributes="member: 5956"><p>I have a 5-yr cow, her 2yr daughter, both rat-tails. I live in a warm climate though and the calves get grown out in the same sort of area, so it isn't much of an issue for me or them. This family happens to be a growthy lot, so I kept them, despite the defect. Because it's dominant, these two will throw 50/50 rat-tail and normal. Both have black straight-haired calves this year - they're mostly Angus, with a bit of something about four or five generations back.</p><p></p><p>It's a multi-gene condition. I looked up its inheritance once and understood it, but I couldn't tell you how it works without going through the process of understanding it again for myself now. The mother of my original cow was a red/white-face with probably some Charolais in her mother, Hereford sire. The rat-tails have all had black Angus sires.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Putangitangi, post: 1102940, member: 5956"] I have a 5-yr cow, her 2yr daughter, both rat-tails. I live in a warm climate though and the calves get grown out in the same sort of area, so it isn't much of an issue for me or them. This family happens to be a growthy lot, so I kept them, despite the defect. Because it's dominant, these two will throw 50/50 rat-tail and normal. Both have black straight-haired calves this year - they're mostly Angus, with a bit of something about four or five generations back. It's a multi-gene condition. I looked up its inheritance once and understood it, but I couldn't tell you how it works without going through the process of understanding it again for myself now. The mother of my original cow was a red/white-face with probably some Charolais in her mother, Hereford sire. The rat-tails have all had black Angus sires. [/QUOTE]
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