Which Bull?

[Woodmagic]

Size is difficult, but I came across a picture of my herd about 35 years ago, and hope the recent one shows the difference in leg length and general conformation. In the early one, some would have been up to 46"; today they are not much over 40". Most of the animals in the early photo would have been bred from small short leg carriers



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[Woodmagic]

[Inger]

Well done with the photos Woodmagic. The last two are probably a bit too little. The first one of Hedgehog is easier to see. I can understand your frustration at trying to keep him neat and tidy, now. What a brat eh!

I could show you a picture of a non-carrier bull calf that is within the height standards of the breed, but we don't have any carrier calves to compare him with. I think both of our carrier cows are taller than 44 inches? Although I haven't actually measured them. When the bull calf reaches adult size, I can get a photo of him and our Australian bull together for comparison. The Aussy bull is a carrier and was 43 inches when last measured. He would be about 4 years old now.

[Woodmagic]

Thanks are due to you Inger for patiently helping me to success. On comparisons of bulls, I was told that when Hedgehog was in the AI centre, a Dexter carrier bull was also being collected, and that the carrier was considerably bigger than Hedgehog, both were fully mature bulls. This means that any non-carrier progeny from the carrier bull would have to finish very big indeed.

[Inger]

Our carrier bull throws calves with exceedingly long legs at birth. Eventually they grow into them, but they are not short animals. Here is the best of Aussie's sons so far;



As you can see, not a small animal. This was taken when he was 6 months old. The mother is a non-carrier.