Viewing a single comment thread. View all comments

Invisi-cat t1_j1w9lx8 wrote

I thought all angus we’re black haired, guess not

1

Modern-Moo OP t1_j1wahwk wrote

Angus cattle can be black or red. Red’s a recessive gene in the breed. The vast majority here in Ireland are black, but reds are getting somewhat more popular. There’s no difference aside from the hair/skin colour. I prefer the reds because they’re nicer to look at.

A lot of breeds that can be black can also be red, like friesians, highlands, droimeann, etc. But there’s other ones that are only red, because red to red only breeds red (while black to black can breed red if they’re both carriers of the red gene)

In the US (maybe elsewhere too?) the reds and blacks are registered as different breeds but that’s stupid. It was just started for the sake of “breed uniformity”

2

Invisi-cat t1_j1x4r7f wrote

I think they are, I grew up in rural Texas round cotton/wheat fields and cattle fields. You usually see the blank angus mixed in with hereford brown and white cows. Texas is supposedly famous for longhorn cattle but never saw one til I was 30.

2