Horny Angus

[Dman2]

I have an animal that was sold to me as an Angus x steer from a dairy herd
Its now @ 12 month old and has small horns??
Horns are no where near as big as they would have been if it was a Limmy .
Spoke to guy I bought it off, and his records obviously say its an AA.
However BCMS won`t alter the passport unless breeder says its wrong.

Cannot really sell it as an Angus if its got horns

Or do Angus crosses sometimes have horns???

 

[Northeastfarmer]

Just get the horns removed and leave it as it is...

 

[Beames]

Definitely horns and not scurs?

 

[HasthorpeGrange]

Sometimes if both parents are polled they grow a little stump called a scur. They’ll never grow into proper horns though

 

[Agrivator]

But the Canadian Holstein has horns. So does the British Friesian.

But if it looks like an angus cross, just look innocent. It's when so-called Angus crosses look like Simmental crosses....................

 

[spin cycle]

assuming it's the same as in sheep it'd be odd to have horns/scurs in a wether with one true polled parent....if it were a ram lamb maybe.....i reckon op's animal has small horns due to castration and there were horns in both parents

 

[HasthorpeGrange]

Just had an angus steer go to market today as the op describes but defiantly angus

 

[spin cycle]

perhaps the daddy was a 'dangus' ?

 

[Gedd]

Angus crosses in hexham today had horns

 

[Cowgirl]

The modern Angus is not an Angus, just as the modern Hereford is not a Hereford....

 

[hillbilly2nd]

once had an angus bull bred 3 horned calves in 1 year,bull,s mother and father were both canadian imports, 2 of the calves were out of aa/friesen cows and the third was out of a blue grey. farmer who sold me the bull, bought all the aax bullocks asked me if i had bought the three of them as twin ons.

 

[HarryB97]

It's nothing to worry about a small stump an inch or two long which resembles horn like material is quite normal

 

[M-J-G]

The modern Angus is not an Angus, just as the modern Hereford is not a Hereford....

I don't disagree, but when will they be classed as Angus or Hereford?
Isn't the origional Hereford a combination of breeds?

 

[Cowgirl]

I don't disagree, but when will they be classed as Angus or Hereford?
Isn't the origional Hereford a combination of breeds?

Not since the late 1700s.

 

[Samcowman]

It can happen with the modern Angus. Had a bull here that threw quite a few with horns. Definitely were horns but never grew full sized like a limmy

 

[Chae1]

Thought this thread was about my neighbour!

 

[M-J-G]

Not since the late 1700s.

And after that, how long was it until they were recognised as pure?

 

[Cowgirl]

1846

 

[M-J-G]

1846

So 50 to 100 years

 

[Cowgirl]

So 50 to 100 years

To the publication of the first herd book, yes.