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Whitebred x cows running on the hill, with their new @CharcoalWally simmental 2 year old stock bull.
There was a white Hereford floating around in NZ for a while, apparently the odd Hereford is actually roan but the roan is often not noticed amongst the existing white areas.My whitebreds, put most to the Hereford last year View attachment 1005298
I've noticed quite a few Her x Fre are tiger marked. Is that why?There was a white Hereford floating around in NZ for a while, apparently the odd Hereford is actually roan but the roan is often not noticed amongst the existing white areas.
Black tiger marks? Or Roan(white) marks?I've noticed quite a few Her x Fre are tiger marked. Is that why?
Black stripes over redBlack tiger marks? Or Roan(white) marks?
bit of jersey somwere!Black stripes over red
Holstein cows having calves to pure Hereford bulls, no Jersey in the mix that anyone is aware of.bit of jersey somwere!
That's a Jersey trait. Brindle is a combination of three genes. Needs red gene, brindle gene, and blackening gene. Jerseys carry the 2nd 2, Hereford carry the first and third.Black stripes over red
There's apparently no Jersey in the mixThat's a Jersey trait. Brindle is a combination of three genes. Needs red gene, brindle gene, and blackening gene. Jerseys carry the 2nd 2, Hereford carry the first and third.
Some where there is something giving the right gene combination.There's apparently no Jersey in the mix