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AAX calves horns ?

  • 11-02-2020 5:22pm
    #1
    red bull
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    AAx calves do some of them grow small horns ?


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  • #2
    Lady Haywire
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    They can grow little scurs alright, wouldn't usually need dehorning though as they'll stop growing before they get more than an inch or two big, usually blunt as well.


  • #3
    mahoney_j
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    red bull wrote: »
    AAx calves do some of them grow small horns ?

    Bought calves ??,could possibly be jex registered as asx


  • #4
    red bull
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    mahoney_j wrote: »
    Bought calves ??,could possibly be jex registered as asx

    Definite that they are progeny of a purebred AA bull


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    _Brian
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    mahoney_j wrote: »
    Bought calves ??,could possibly be jex registered as asx

    That would never happen 😱


  • #6
    _Brian
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    red bull wrote: »
    Definite that they are progeny of a purebred AA bull

    There’s a bit of genetics lucky dip, some will, most wont.
    Best keep an eye anyway.


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  • #7
    red bull
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    _Brian wrote: »
    There’s a bit of genetics lucky dip, some will, most wont.
    Best keep an eye anyway.

    Five out of twenty have, as you say genetics


  • #8
    Genghis Cant
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    red bull wrote: »
    Five out of twenty have, as you say genetics

    Heifers or bulls or both?
    I have it in my head that an Aax bull calf is more likely to have bits of horns than a heifer.


  • #9
    red bull
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    Genghis Cant wrote: »
    Heifers or bulls or both?
    I have it in my head that an Aax bull calf is more likely to have bits of horns than a heifer.

    3 bulls 2 heifers


  • #10
    Micheal H
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 187 ✭✭Micheal H


    Yeah it can happen alright. One of my own AA x LIM 14 month old bullock with little butts of horns.

    502668.jpg


  • #11
    whelan2
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    Was it ybm that threw calve that had butts of horns?


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  • #12
    Micheal H
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    No idea, but that fella there is out of KYA


  • #13
    tanko
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    Micheal H wrote: »
    No idea, but that fella there is out of KYA

    Is he wild?


  • #14
    Micheal H
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 187 ✭✭Micheal H


    tanko wrote: »
    Is he wild?

    No, not at all. A bit overly friendly sometimes if anything. Would have been fond of using me as a scratching post or giving a playful shot of the head as a calf. Funny when they're small, different story when he gets to 600kg!


  • #15
    red bull
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    Thanks to you all, I was a bit concerned to see the butts of horns. I had 25 calves from the same bull in 2018 and none had horns


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