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Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2004 10:37 pm
by Ted Neal
Welcome back
Something that may interest - I have just finished (for the time being that is) calving and have calved 9. Unfortunately one was a breech birth and we lost the calf. Of the eight survivors - 3 were heifers and 5 bulls. The interesting bit was all the heifers are red and all the bulls black. I used a red bull on 6 black cows and a black bull on one red and one black heifer.

Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2004 10:41 pm
by Mark Bowles
Nice to hear from you Ted,you should have no trouble selling red heifers,are any of them short?

Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2004 11:31 pm
by Kathleen
Hi Ted,
Its funny how the genes click sometimes :) ...one year I had all shortleg blacks (Ifemale 4males) and all the longlegs were red (4females 4males) and it looked like they were two different little herds when they were running in their calf paddocks.


All the best
Kathleen

Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2004 9:24 pm
by Ted Neal
Regarding Reds - they are all what is called in the trade non-short. Two are the lighter red the other darker.

Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2004 4:49 am
by Kathleen
How dark is she Ted?

Kathleen

Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2004 8:30 pm
by Ted Neal
Re dark red
She is a Red Poll/Sussex red.
I would anticipate that a bit of sunshine will cause her to fade !!
Hope not
All the best
Ted

Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2004 12:58 am
by Kathleen
Ted she sounds gorgous!
But I do not think your sun will fade her :;):
Those that colour over here do not even fade under our sun!

All the best
Kathleen.