ROB":22qsg7b9 said:
AAOK-
The first calf pictured can be registered, not the second. We would be able to compete in local shows as purebred braunvieh but there would not be any other competition. Was thinking of showing in an open or crossbred class so we would be competing more with other animals. Why would we not be able to compete with other crossbreeds? IMO a good animal is a good animal. We have some pretty darn good black cattle in my part of the country, on our farm included, but I would take either of the two pictured heifers over nearly any of them. I look at these heifers and see two good future cows, what are typical judges seeing or looking for that I'm not?
Not to answer for AAOK, but my take on this would be that a Judge looks for certain qualities in a Show Heifer. As a General rule one of these qualities is clean fronted.
Some animals like say Brangus do not have very clean fronts. But when Brangus is judged against other Brangus she is not knocked for this since it is a breed characteristic.
But if she gets thrown in with other breeds (AOB). Then she will be judged up against the ideal pattern of a show heifer and the extra skin of a Brangus does not fit into this. So you would have an up hill battle right from the start.
Do not know much about braunvieh but I was thinking they might have some of these same problems. Ones I have seen are general not as clean fronted as some of the other breeds.