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<blockquote data-quote="Ky hills" data-source="post: 1846391" data-attributes="member: 24816"><p>I don't know or care anything at all about a so called black Charolais. They are no doubt an animal bred up using Angus, but are not registered or even recognized by the AICA. The red factor Charolais are legitimate and have been around for a long time. Around 30 years ago a big nationally known Charolais farm here in KY dispersed. They sold several herd bulls including one red factor bull that they purchased out of Canada. </p><p>From what little I understand about it and I could be wrong but Charolais are essentially red they just have a double diluter gene. The red factors lack the double diluter. The red factors are still all Charolais and will have the same performance as any other depending on the individual animal.</p><p>I personally love the breed and have not had anything that could even come close to compete with them on calf weaning weights. </p><p>Watch birthweight, when I was with the breed over 100 pound calves from our registered cows was very common. At those we considered anything under 100 as potential calving ease.</p><p>I think the breed has moderated its size, and birthweights and that could have also affected weaning weights too but the heterosis from Chars should still give a good boost of growth for crossbred calves.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ky hills, post: 1846391, member: 24816"] I don’t know or care anything at all about a so called black Charolais. They are no doubt an animal bred up using Angus, but are not registered or even recognized by the AICA. The red factor Charolais are legitimate and have been around for a long time. Around 30 years ago a big nationally known Charolais farm here in KY dispersed. They sold several herd bulls including one red factor bull that they purchased out of Canada. From what little I understand about it and I could be wrong but Charolais are essentially red they just have a double diluter gene. The red factors lack the double diluter. The red factors are still all Charolais and will have the same performance as any other depending on the individual animal. I personally love the breed and have not had anything that could even come close to compete with them on calf weaning weights. Watch birthweight, when I was with the breed over 100 pound calves from our registered cows was very common. At those we considered anything under 100 as potential calving ease. I think the breed has moderated its size, and birthweights and that could have also affected weaning weights too but the heterosis from Chars should still give a good boost of growth for crossbred calves. [/QUOTE]
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