Red WF calf with Black

[Ky hills]

This is a Simmental sired calf from a Hereford cross cow that maybe has some longhorn in her. Cow is in background red mottled faced brindle. Calf was born October 5
This cow sometimes has brindle calves, this one has sone black on its nose and the ring around its eye is black along with a portion of its tail.

 

[Travlr]

This is a Simmental sired calf from a Hereford cross cow that maybe has some longhorn in her. Cow is in background red mottled faced brindle. Calf was born October 5
This cow sometimes has brindle calves, this one has sone black on its nose and the ring around its eye is black along with a portion of its tail.View attachment 52583View attachment 52584

Decent looking calf. I'd put him in my back yard to feed out.

 

[Ky hills]

Decent looking calf. I'd put him in my back yard to feed out.

We fed out his maternal brother back in the fall, in a lot in the front yard, easiest and best place I have to fatten them. The beef is real good.

 

[branxchar&charx]

Nice calf. Looks to have some white markings of traditional simmental. Still usually wouldn't expect that much chrome but with everything in the woodpile, surprise! Lol

 

[gcreekrch]

Black by fall…..

 

[Ky hills]

Black by fall…..

That's what I was wondering, with both parents being red though?

 

[ClinchValley86]

Neighbors have a red highland with a black spot on her hip. I'm thinking he will be dark red with black here n there.

The ones for me that turn black start off much less red than that.

 

[simme]

Red with black highlights maybe. Coming from the brindle genetics? Looks like the tail will be black. And that spot around the eye. Right front leg looks to be red. Sometimes the black highlights are just on extremities - muzzle, tail, tips of the ears and such.

 

[gcreekrch]

That's what I was wondering, with both parents being red

Time will tell.

 

[Brute 23]

I think it will definitely change colors, I'm just not sure to what. He may end up like what we call a chocolate baldie. There will be areas of black with areas of a brownish/red. It pretty common with Sims also.

Our F1s completely change colors. You basically just see white and a red-ish color when they are born. Over time they go light or dark and get their stripes.

 

[Lucky_P]

That brindle cow is carrying the 'wild-color' E+ gene. You can never be sure exactly what it's going to do when it's in the mix... brindle, mealy-mouth, 'color points' (like a 'black' Jersey), etc.

 

[coachg]

There's some angus in the woodpile .