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<blockquote data-quote="Aaron" data-source="post: 602647" data-attributes="member: 1682"><p>I wouldn't buy a Hereford like that. Freckles are one thing, but this is a whole new thing. I warned people about the prevalence of this years ago and that keeping them begins to downgrade the purebreds in the breed into 'crossbreds', with some having so much red that they could be easily called Simmental or a Red Angus X. I actually looked at a support photo for an A.I. Herf sire for ABS Global the other day. Can't remember if it was a daughter or the dam...but had I not known it was a Hereford cow, I would have said she was a Simmental cow....too much red that went from the neck, past the poll and jaw into the eyes, basically making her a blaze face cow.</p><p></p><p>The marks are heriditary, like any mark. Purebred Herf neighbour used a bull that threw the majority of his calves with a mark like this. First bull he had ever used that had done that. When he sold his calves, everyone asked when he had bought a Red Angus bull. He told them he was a purebred Herf bull and people called him a liar or that it was evidence that the Hereford breed is tainted. He kept heifers off of that bull and even though they are conservatively marked, they will throw calves that have those unusual markings. The calves might sell better, but they don't do justice to the breed if they are sold as purebreds as a lot of commercial guys discount them as crossbreds...and I do to. :cowboy:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Aaron, post: 602647, member: 1682"] I wouldn't buy a Hereford like that. Freckles are one thing, but this is a whole new thing. I warned people about the prevalence of this years ago and that keeping them begins to downgrade the purebreds in the breed into 'crossbreds', with some having so much red that they could be easily called Simmental or a Red Angus X. I actually looked at a support photo for an A.I. Herf sire for ABS Global the other day. Can't remember if it was a daughter or the dam...but had I not known it was a Hereford cow, I would have said she was a Simmental cow....too much red that went from the neck, past the poll and jaw into the eyes, basically making her a blaze face cow. The marks are heriditary, like any mark. Purebred Herf neighbour used a bull that threw the majority of his calves with a mark like this. First bull he had ever used that had done that. When he sold his calves, everyone asked when he had bought a Red Angus bull. He told them he was a purebred Herf bull and people called him a liar or that it was evidence that the Hereford breed is tainted. He kept heifers off of that bull and even though they are conservatively marked, they will throw calves that have those unusual markings. The calves might sell better, but they don't do justice to the breed if they are sold as purebreds as a lot of commercial guys discount them as crossbreds...and I do to. :cowboy: [/QUOTE]
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