Posted 8/27/2010 09:11 (#1334579) Subject: Black Baldy ????
If I breed a Bwf bull to a bwf cow will I always get a bwf calf. Bwf bull to a black cow?? Bwf bull to a White &black mottled face cow? I'm new and bought a few cows and haven't had any calves yet. Thanks Pat
Posted 8/27/2010 09:41 (#1334619 - in reply to #1334579) Subject: RE: Black Baldy ????
North Mo.
The word [always] is troubling. So I would guess the answer is no. [Some times] the answer would be yes. The white face is rather dominate but something made them white faced and more than likely it was a red white face in the mix. Ben
Posted 8/27/2010 10:17 (#1334679 - in reply to #1334619) Subject: RE: Black Baldy ????
Are we talking 50/50, 80/20? Does it matter to which cow the bwf bull breeds to? I assume I have a better chance of getting bwf calves with the bwf cows but if the white face is dominate will the chances be the same with the black cow and the mottled face cow?
Posted 8/28/2010 00:35 (#1335633 - in reply to #1335598) Subject: RE:Of course there's a solid black calf chance..and a solid red
New Mexico
calf chance too.
btw, your not going to find many supposed true homozygous blacks in numbers re bwf cows...that's why the red baldy calves.
You can always try a homozygous tested Black Hereford bull, problem is your going thru alot of testing to come up with a set of homozygous black bwf cows ( test 300 to 500 head and you might come up with 30 of em ).
Posted 8/28/2010 01:35 (#1335671 - in reply to #1335665) Subject: RE: Easier for most any Half Angus to run
New Mexico
higher CAB percentages than the strait Angus.
It's the cross breeding affect. Main thing is crossing em helps your Yield Grade.
Ya the Simmys have a decent grid up program...been watching it some.
Best bull I passed on this year was perhaps a Red Fleckvieh bull, sure woulda bought him just did not have anything going that would have synched with him this year.
Have You ever heard of a Black Simmy cow named "Miss Princess?"
Posted 8/28/2010 10:04 (#1335875 - in reply to #1334579) Subject: Re: Black Baldy ????
sc ia
The baldy gene is dominate but if both baldy parents carry the solid gene then 25% of the calves will be solid. The same formula works with black and red with black being dominate. I had a solid black calf born from baldy parents this year.
Posted 8/28/2010 18:53 (#1336351 - in reply to #1334579) Subject: Re: Black Baldy ????
perryton, tx
My black baldies bred to purebred angus bulls have had predominately solid black calves or just a little white on the face. With that said, i dont know anything about the genetics of these particular cows as they came from the sale barn.