Blue Roan Simmentals????

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Hilltop

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Just seen a pic of a pretty good purebred blue bull. How common are they, and are they frowned upon by breeders or not???
 

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I think I saw the same picture as you did. I don't follow Simmentals too closely but I sure was shocked to see a purebred blue one!
 

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7/8 is PB for simmys; he's been bred up to PB status just kept that white allele so he's blue...he's just as "legit" a purebred as an Angus bred simmy up to pb status, just he sticks out like a sore thumb!! We've shown a pair of darn good blue percentage simmys and have found many of the simmy people aren't terribly keen on the color and the cross it represents. We've taken a lot of strange looks and jokes from it. Most will admit the cattle are good; while commenting that that's not the direction their program will ever head. Some of the younger more open minded guys are pretty positive about it though. I would imagine a purebred would be seen as even more of a black sheep than a %, but that's just me and our experiences.
 

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SSIMMENTALS said:
7/8 is PB for simmys; he's been bred up to PB status just kept that white allele so he's blue...he's just as "legit" a purebred as an Angus bred simmy up to pb status, just he sticks out like a sore thumb!! We've shown a pair of darn good blue percentage simmys and have found many of the simmy people aren't terribly keen on the color and the cross it represents. We've taken a lot of strange looks and jokes from it. Most will admit the cattle are good; while commenting that that's not the direction their program will ever head. Some of the younger more open minded guys are pretty positive about it though. I would imagine a purebred would be seen as even more of a black sheep than a %, but that's just me and our experiences.
SSIMMENTALS said:
7/8 is PB for simmys; he's been bred up to PB status just kept that white allele so he's blue...he's just as "legit" a purebred as an Angus bred simmy up to pb status, just he sticks out like a sore thumb!! We've shown a pair of darn good blue percentage simmys and have found many of the simmy people aren't terribly keen on the color and the cross it represents. We've taken a lot of strange looks and jokes from it. Most will admit the cattle are good; while commenting that that's not the direction their program will ever head. Some of the younger more open minded guys are pretty positive about it though. I would imagine a purebred would be seen as even more of a black sheep than a %, but that's just me and our experiences./// No more of a black sheep than a black Simmi-considering that they were originally red and white O0
 

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Proves 7/8ths isn't enough.  If the roan coloring is still retained from the breed- up breed, what other (non Simmental) characteristics have been retained as well?
 

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To each their own but I sure wouldn't want any blue roan simmys for anything ! That's a Shorthorn trademark that should be left with the Shorthorn breeders period ! Nothing wrong with them but it won't ever be happening here. Sometimes I believe the " hodge podge " factor goes way too far.
 

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ALTSIMMY 79 said:
To each their own but I sure wouldn't want any blue roan simmys for anything ! That's a Shorthorn trademark that should be left with the Shorthorn breeders period ! Nothing wrong with them but it won't ever be happening here. Sometimes I believe the " hodge podge " factor goes way too far.
oh come on now! It makes for a fun pasture!
 

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ALTSIMMY 79 said:
To each their own but I sure wouldn't want any blue roan simmys for anything ! That's a Shorthorn trademark that should be left with the Shorthorn breeders period ! Nothing wrong with them but it won't ever be happening here. Sometimes I believe the " hodge podge " factor goes way too far.

Good thing the black Simmis aren't an Angus trademark.  Seriously.  ::)
 

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redsimmsnangus said:
ALTSIMMY 79 said:
To each their own but I sure wouldn't want any blue roan simmys for anything ! That's a Shorthorn trademark that should be left with the Shorthorn breeders period ! Nothing wrong with them but it won't ever be happening here. Sometimes I believe the " hodge podge " factor goes way too far.

Good thing the black Simmis aren't an Angus trademark.  Seriously.  ::)

And the solid reds are?
 

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Easy now lol ! You've all got a point , black , red , both crossbreeding infused color patterns but the blue is where I draw the line ! Seriously thought many times about going back to fleck cattle !!!! My father tells me all the time my black baldys aren't Simmental , their white face Angus , he's got a point......
 

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Hilltop said:
firesweepranch said:
Hilltop said:
He is 15/16 and not just 7/8.

What is his registered name?
LFE BISS LEWIS 448A reg#788868
That is not his Simmental registered name or number. What is his Simmental info?
I found this bull in the data base, which is close, LFE BS LEWIS 322U , reg # 2585159, but he is a 2008 model, and I went back three generations and found no shorthorn in his record. I looked at the offspring of the bull I found, and no such luck there either.
 
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