What Color Is This Calf?

[Trixie Club Calves]

Any ideas on what color this calf is? She was born last night, both parents are Orange Roans.

 

[Mrcopier]

Looks white to me

 

[Ky hills]

Looks white to me too. The cow looks like a Charolais cross

 

[Trixie Club Calves]

Looks white to me too. The cow looks like a Charolais cross

She's 37.5% shorthorn plus other however many percent is club calf.

 

[Ky hills]

She's 37.5% shorthorn plus other however many percent is club calf.

Colors on mixed cattle can go a lot of different ways.
It is possible for shorthorns to be white.
We currently have a calf that is only 12.5% Shorthorn yet she looks like a purebred red roan shorthorn

 

[Trixie Club Calves]

Colors on mixed cattle can go a lot of different ways.
It is possible for shorthorns to be white.
We currently have a calf that is only 12.5% Shorthorn yet she looks like a purebred red roan shorthorn

Colors are crazy. We had 3 flushmate calves this year. Dam is black with some roan, Sire is white. 2 calves are same exact shade of Silver. The other is solid black lol.

Pictures of her still wet, she looked very much orange roan till she dried.

 

[Lucky_P]

IIRC, white Shorthorn cattle are homozygous for the roan gene. So...if both parents are roans, this calf could be white.

 

[Trixie Club Calves]

IIRC, white Shorthorn cattle are homozygous for the roan gene. So...if both parents are roans, this calf could be white.

I believe that's true! I'm thinking she's either white or will be a orange roan maybe…

 

[bird dog]

Yellow Baldy.

 

[Trixie Club Calves]

Yellow Baldy.

I agree about baldy! We inspected closer when we tagged her. She also has little white back socks and some orange/ roany type hair on her back legs.

 

[MurraysMutts]

I think she will be an orange/sandy color when she gets some time on her. The white face is interesting for sure.

 

[TexasJerseyMilker]

Jersey calves are all born a light fawn color no matter if they grow up to be fawn, reddish brown or almost black.

 

[Trixie Club Calves]

I think she will be an orange/sandy color when she gets some time on her. The white face is interesting for sure.

That's what I'm starting to think! You can see her little socks on her back legs. See may have some on the fronts to.

 

[Travlr]

She's 37.5% shorthorn plus other however many percent is club calf.

You keep using the term, "club calf" as though it's a breed or something else that makes it special. I always thought a club calf was one selected because it was fancy and put together right... and maybe an unusual color pattern... just selected for that and to be shown by a 4-H kid. But the way you keep using the term I'm wondering if a "club calf" is something I don't know about. What is a club calf to you?

And the calf is a lighter version of a strawberry roan, IMO.

 

[MurraysMutts]

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That's what I'm starting to think! You can see her little socks on her back legs. See may have some on the fronts to.

That's a much better picture! Yep. I stand by my color choice.

You keep using the term, "club calf" as though it's a breed or something else that makes it special. I always thought a club calf was one selected because it was fancy and put together right... and maybe an unusual color pattern... just selected for that and to be shown by a 4-H kid. But the way you keep using the term I'm wondering if a "club calf" is something I don't know about. What is a club calf to you?

And the calf is a lighter version of a strawberry roan, IMO.

To me, a club calf is usually very large boned and wide, thick and deep. Unusually so!
Not what most would consider well put together. To me, they are almost freakishly well put together.
The kind that almost always require assistance at birth.

 

[Travlr]

To me, a club calf is usually very large boned and wide, thick and deep. Unusually so!
Not what most would consider well put together. To me, they are almost freakishly well put together.
The kind that almost always require assistance at birth.

Do other people use the term, "club calf" in the same way? And if they almost always require assistance at birth... why would you want them? What are they good for?

 

[Trixie Club Calves]

That's a much better picture! Yep. I stand by my color choice.

To me, a club calf is usually very large boned and wide, thick and deep. Unusually so!
Not what most would consider well put together. To me, they are almost freakishly well put together.
The kind that almost always require assistance at birth.

Perfect explanation of it! Thank you!

 

[Trixie Club Calves]

Do other people use the term, "club calf" in the same way? And if they almost always require assistance at birth... why would you want them? What are they good for?

They are a lot harder to calve out and manage, but if done right they'll do good at steer/heifer shows unlike normal "commercial" cows and there's quite a big market out there for it. People raise them for the same reason why people have purebred registered cattle, etc. these are the type of cows we like so we decided to raise them instead of something else.

 

[Ky hills]

@Travlr From my understanding a club calf is not a particular breed it's usually a cross of 2 or multiple breeds although there are club bred purebred Angus, Hereford etc that are specifically bred for that market.
Like @MurraysMutts said they are bred to be freakishly made and hairy, and calving ease would be a rarity.
Some breeds like Maine Anjou, and Shorthorn are pretty much being bred for that club market. Probably can find shorthorns not club type but would have to do some lookin,
In my opinion the only use for them is specifically for that club market, with the short stature and calving issues along with the hair they most likely wouldn't be too practical in a commercial setting.
I've never had any of them, but did have a couple runs with club bred Suffolk type but not purebred rams when I had sheep. Both of those rams were hard lambing even with big mature ewes, Those rams were both very aggressive and dangerous, I got the wind knocked out of me by each of them. They were both sold fairly soon. And a mental note was made never to buy a show bred ram ever again. The regular purebred non show type Suffolk rams I had were bigger framed, easy lambing and docile, although I still kept aware of where they were when around them they never gave any trouble.

 

[Trixie Club Calves]

You keep using the term, "club calf" as though it's a breed or something else that makes it special. I always thought a club calf was one selected because it was fancy and put together right... and maybe an unusual color pattern... just selected for that and to be shown by a 4-H kid. But the way you keep using the term I'm wondering if a "club calf" is something I don't know about. What is a club calf to you?

And the calf is a lighter version of a strawberry roan, IMO.

Difference between a well built "commercial" steer. And a clubby steer.