Northeastfarmer
Member
- Location
- Cleveland
No one was disputing the size I'd imagine most farmers would prefer it coming out the rear as oppose to the side
-
Welcome to The Farming Forum!
As part of this update, we have made a change to the login and registration process. If you are experiences any problems, please email [email protected] with the details so we can resolve any issues.
|New ped Blue
- Thread starter Henarar
- Start date
bit like a polled shorthorn
M-J-G
Member
Their horns are definitely short when they are polled
choochter
Member
- Location
- aberdeenshire
The cow looks in good nick too
Seems crazy alright. I had a ped simmy heifer for sale on done deal, when i took her photo she was standing half in sunlight and half in shadow. One guy phoned about her but wasn't at all interested in her breeding etc just was she red or orange cos he didn't want an orange one, he wanted a dark red one.
I kept her myself!
Seems crazy alright. I had a ped simmy heifer for sale on done deal, when i took her photo she was standing half in sunlight and half in shadow. One guy phoned about her but wasn't at all interested in her breeding etc just was she red or orange cos he didn't want an orange one, he wanted a dark red one.
I kept her myself!
Could this be related to the theory that the deep red ones wouldn't sunburn unlike the lighter ones how much evidence provded to support this theory though I'm not sure
M-J-G
Member
There's not that much sun in Ireland for it to matter
It's just a fashion for red at the moment, especially in Ireland, 20 years ago it was the pale colours that were trendy. These trends tend to be fuelled by breeders who are trying to push the colour that they have to sellA good beast is never a bad colour, however you point is valid on the sunburn point, the regions of the globe that are more equatorial and get more sun will go for stock with as much dark pigment as possible, and dark pigmented eyes are almost always selected where possible to avoid cancers.
One issue that I have with white cattle is that if they get any kind of photosensitivity, it can be very tough on them, as they whole body can peel badly. We had an almost all white cow that got it a couple of years back and it was a tough time for her, we've had others that were nearly all coloured have the same condition, but it tends to be much much less severe.
When we bought our first blue bull we were advised to get a white one for calf colour, but when we were looking for females we looked with an open mind as far as there colour was concerned and still ended up buying while ones, they do tend to be more the way I like them and also some breeders and lines I like seem to be white
white "blue" heifers are discounted as the fashion is for the darker ones at the moment but as we breed our blues mainly for our own use we will do what we want
white "blue" heifers are discounted as the fashion is for the darker ones at the moment but as we breed our blues mainly for our own use we will do what we want
Philip Watkins
Member
- Location
- Back in Shropshire
you can if its got no horn its not a short horn its a no hornCant get a much shorter horn than the horn on a polled shorthorn.
M-J-G
Member
you can if its got no horn its not a short horn its a no horn
Like a "British No Blue"
M-J-G
Member
Who has?
GenuineRisk
Member
- Location
- Somerset
We have both currently been judged for our annual SW Club herd competition, which is very fairly divided up into three categories according to the size of your herd. We are intermediate, @Henarar is, I think, in the smaller one. But we will never win one as our herd simply isn't uniform. We cater for different markets, we have the all white market for dairy bulls, but our pedigree heifer market wants a lot of colour. So our genetics are really broad and we have a right mix of colour and type.
We don't get it as they're all red when they're dead and a good animal can't be a bad colour. On the other hand, I also do agree with the poster above who talks about liking what he sees twice a day!!
Of course pedigree Blue cows can calve naturally and have muscle, as anyone who saw our NewPole Feisty being shown this summer will attest. She was 5kg off a ton at one point!
We don't get it as they're all red when they're dead and a good animal can't be a bad colour. On the other hand, I also do agree with the poster above who talks about liking what he sees twice a day!!
Of course pedigree Blue cows can calve naturally and have muscle, as anyone who saw our NewPole Feisty being shown this summer will attest. She was 5kg off a ton at one point!
CharcoalWally
Member
- Location
- West of Scotland
If you breed good cattle and are happy with where you are , then you'll enjoy walking round the stock and you won't give a damn about what colour they are.
It's possible, but sunburn is rarely a problem in the west of Ireland. I heard that the paler colour was more popular in the Munster region which is more dairy country than Connacht is.
I did have a black cow (aax) who got sunstroke twice, or photo sensitisation (same/different?). She went lumpy all over as if she had a layer of bubble wrap under her skin, and it wasn't even a sunny day but overcast.
Last edited:
CharcoalWally
Member
- Location
- West of Scotland
It doesn't have to be sunny , it's the UV in the atmosphere they're reacting to , I suspect. When they're photosensitive , they have to be moved indoors to be made more comfortable.