Carpe Diem Bull Calf, Maybe?

[Bulldaddy]

I bought this cow at Tusa's Sale this summer bred to Carpe Diem and due around Sept 15th.  She had this little chunk yesterday and I was real surprised that it was a black baldie.  Cow is Char X Meyer X Cunia.  Was expecting a silver or yellow calf. My experience with char crosses is limited.  The cow would have to have the black gene for the calf to be black, right?

 

[mooch]

Cow has a black nose , she has the black gene .

 

[Bulldaddy]

Thanks Mooch for the quick answer and solving my puzzle.

 

[Okotoks]

The cow carries a diluent factor that was not passed on to the calf. To be black the calf has to have one parent carry the black gene and for the diluent not to be passed on by the cow.(she passes on her black gene not the diluent)

 

[forbes family farms]

Heck we have a yellow Gelbvieh cow and a black Maine Anjou bull and we ended up with a white calf! Tell me how often that happens!?

 

[frostback]

The Gelbvieh breed carriers a diluter gene also. Not all bloodlines but some do so your cow is a carrier and she passed the gene to that calf. It has a black nose right?

 

[Steered]

Was she AI bred or bull bred?  19 days early would raise a flag for me ???

 

[Bulldaddy]

Was she AI bred or bull bred?  19 days early would raise a flag for me ???

She was AI bred on December 7, 2009.  No clean up bull before then.  I have had several others come early this year.  All were AI bred with no bull exposure.  Even the bull calves are coming early. Maybe the heat has something to do with it. 

 

[CAB]

Just talked about fall calves coming earlier than spring calves as far as gestation length is concerned.