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01/14/14, 06:12 PM
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What kind of cow is this?
Have some ideas but don't really know. What's your guess?
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01/14/14, 07:04 PM
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Normande cross?
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01/14/14, 07:45 PM
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longhorn cross
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01/14/14, 07:52 PM
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First, it isn't a cow, either a steer or bull. Shorthorn, longhorn cross, maybe....James
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01/14/14, 07:58 PM
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Jeez, excuse me. I guess I was using the general vernacular, not referring to its sex.
Anyway, my guess is Florida Cracker and Limosin cross.
Thanks. I'm heading to the goat forum.
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01/15/14, 01:35 PM
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longhorn or longhorn cross. With the hair maybe with Highland...
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01/15/14, 02:34 PM
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I need to get out more and see more cattle breeds.
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01/15/14, 04:17 PM
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I don't see a speck of Limo in that calf. Too little muscle development overall to have any Limo in the near ancestry. What is really throwing me, he looks to be polled??
Jersey rump, Longhorn color pattern and almost Highland hair.
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01/15/14, 05:30 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MO_cows
I don't see a speck of Limo in that calf. Too little muscle development overall to have any Limo in the near ancestry. What is really throwing me, he looks to be polled??
Jersey rump, Longhorn color pattern and almost Highland hair.
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From the shape of the head my guess would be dehorned instead of polled.
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01/15/14, 05:46 PM
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hillbilly farmgirl
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I'm going to guess some sort of highland cross, the hair and head kind of look that way. At any rate, that's a very pretty boy you've got there, congratulations!!
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01/15/14, 06:15 PM
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I'll guess... Highland Long/short horn cross. That's my best guess. lol
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01/15/14, 09:25 PM
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Thanks for your suggestions. I really have no idea. Picked him up at a sale on a whim. I thought his face and eyes looked Limosin. You can't really see it in this picture, but his eyes have that ring around them. I think he is naturally polled, but he is as wild a calf as I've seen. Didn't think to look more closely at his head when we were working him up and he was in the chute. My DH got this picture between leaps at the sides of the enclosure (the calf leaping, not my DH). Don't know what we're going to do with him now. We'll see come spring.
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01/16/14, 10:01 PM
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hillbilly farmgirl
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The coloration is right for a Normandie, the body type is light enough but that hair is soo long! I still kind of think the head and hair have a Highland-type trait to them.
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01/17/14, 12:40 PM
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Alberta Farmgirl
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He's a mutt, but most likely a Longhorn cross with either Hereford or Pinzguaer or even British White somewhere in the woodpile. I see no Limousin influence at all. I don't even see any Normande either, nor Jersey. The hair could be just a winter coat, I've seen hair like that on the cattle we had at home and there wasn't a speck of Highland nor Galloway in their blood.
But really, his history could be anything.
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01/17/14, 01:50 PM
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Is it just the photo or does it really have such hollow flanks?
Ahem: Generally the 3rd listed definition of "cow": A domesticated bovine of either sex or any age.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/cow
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01/17/14, 10:53 PM
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RedDirt Cowgirl, are you asking if he's skinny? If so, yes, yes he is. Just got him at a sale and surely needs some conditioning.
And thank you.
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01/20/14, 09:39 PM
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longhorn for sure, I don't think the long hair is long enough for Highland, just got a shaggy coat for winter
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02/17/14, 06:58 PM
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Criollo, florida cracker, longhorn or pineywoods, something of spanish decent from the original breed bought to the Americas by Chris Columbus.
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02/17/14, 08:34 PM
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I'd say daddy was a Longhorn and momma was a Hereford highland cross.
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02/18/14, 02:38 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by am9628
Criollo, florida cracker, longhorn or pineywoods, something of spanish decent from the original breed bought to the Americas by Chris Columbus.
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Sure has that "look" and all the above would naturally be a huge mixture. Of course, at this point they are all neatly pigeonholed into categories but whatever he is, he's good looking and will be delicious.
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