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Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 8:20 pm
by mike skelton
I'm sure this topic must have been discussed in the past, but i wondered if anyone could enlighten me as to the likely outcome of putting a black bull with a red cow
mike of Merimaker
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Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 8:44 pm
by Pennielea
Mike
Follow the' Red Dexter' which I will try to bring up after this
Ian
Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 9:02 pm
by mike skelton
Thanks ian
Having read the infomation i come to the conclusion that a black bull will only produce black or dun offspring from a red cow. is that correct?
Mike
Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 10:10 pm
by Saffy
It depends, if your black bull carries dun or carries red. If it carries red it will produce a black or a red offspring when mated with a red cow, if it carries dun it will only be able to produce a black offspring with this mating.
I think that is correct.
Stephanie
Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 10:38 pm
by Sylvia
I only had black bulls but I got plenty of red calves from mating with red cows. I also had a dun steer from a black x red mating.
Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 11:39 pm
by Peter thornton
I've just had a dun from a red to red combination.
Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 6:46 am
by wagra dexters
Google:- Irish Dexter cattle colour genetics chart, then click colour genetics chart.
Margaret.
Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 6:48 am
by wagra dexters
I was in contact with Rebecca Perez from the above site, and found the information very enlightening.
Margaret.
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Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 2:07 pm
by marion
Peter, I'm wondering about your dun calf from a redXred? I thought that was an impossibility. Could it be that one 'red' parent is actually a dun or that there has been a parentage mixup?
Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 4:29 pm
by Broomcroft
I've got a black bull from mating a red bull X dun cow. So what will the black bull be capable of producing?
Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 6:23 pm
by marion
Clive, He would definitely be carrying both red and dun, so could produce all three colours, depending on what colour(s) the cow was carrying.
Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 8:44 pm
by Broomcroft
Thanks Marion, What if I put him to dun cows, would all the calves be dun?
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