Ky hills
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Here's a history of red Charolais from. Charolais breeder's website.
When I had registered Charolais, around 30 years ago, it was rare but not unheard of to have a reddish calf born. I had one born that looked a lot color wise like the calf pictured beside the cow in the list of pictures. My calf wasn't as muscular as that calf and was and she was maybe a shade darker or deeper red than that one pictured but still pretty close.
I remember back then there was a controversy over a particular Canadian Charolais bull that was so dark red that the AICA didn't allow him in their registry because some of the pictures sent into the association were said to have looked like the bull was black, the rebuttal was that it was lighting. I agree that it was lighting as I'd seen pictures of the bull in publications and he was definitely red albeit very dark but certainly not black.
Darker and deeper red than a Limousin, I'd say maybe comparable to a dark red shorthorn.
I saw several animals at shows and sales that were light red.
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When I had registered Charolais, around 30 years ago, it was rare but not unheard of to have a reddish calf born. I had one born that looked a lot color wise like the calf pictured beside the cow in the list of pictures. My calf wasn't as muscular as that calf and was and she was maybe a shade darker or deeper red than that one pictured but still pretty close.
I remember back then there was a controversy over a particular Canadian Charolais bull that was so dark red that the AICA didn't allow him in their registry because some of the pictures sent into the association were said to have looked like the bull was black, the rebuttal was that it was lighting. I agree that it was lighting as I'd seen pictures of the bull in publications and he was definitely red albeit very dark but certainly not black.
Darker and deeper red than a Limousin, I'd say maybe comparable to a dark red shorthorn.
I saw several animals at shows and sales that were light red.

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