angus cattle

[cows asome]

what is a better breed red angus or black angus

 

[Farmer Kitty]

I deal with dairy so, all I can say is red is prettier. I also didn't know there was any difference except color. like I said I deal with dairy.

 

[WildRoseBeef]

There really is no difference between Red Angus and Angus other than colour. I think the colour is a personal preference, like if you want to get away from the Certified Angus Beef marketing scheme of having everyone like black cattle over other coloured ones then Red Angus would be the better. Both breeds are known for their maternal ability and raising a good calf, and both have their nut cases too.

 

[WildRoseBeef]

From Red Angus Info Page :

Angus -Red or Black
Early in the development of the Aberdeen Angus, Hugh Watson of Keillor, Scotland arbitrarily decided that black was the proper color for the breed, and thereby started a fashion. He might well have chosen red instead. Leon J. Cole and Sara V. H. Jones of the University of Wisconsin Agricultural Experiment Station published a pamphlet in 1920 on "The Occurrence of Red Calves in Black Breeds of Cattle" which contained this pertinent paragraph:

"One more point should be emphasized, namely that the red individuals appearing in such stock (Aberdeen Angus)...are just as truly 'purebred' as their black relatives, and there is no reason why, in all respects save color, they should not be fully as valuable. The fact that they are discarded while the blacks are retained is simply due to the turn of fortune that black rather than red became established fashion for the Aberdeen Angus breed. Had red been the chosen color, there would never have been any trouble with the appearance of blacks as off-color individuals, since red-to-red breeds true."

The preceding paragraph, written more than three decades prior to the establishment of the Red Angus Association of America, shows a true appreciation of the basic strengths of the reds. This is emphasized by the current revival and popularity of the red strain of Aberdeen Angus throughout the world.

Info on the Angus breed for comparison.

And from Wikipedia (Angus) Wikipedia (Red Angus)

 

[cows asome]

ok thank you

 

[WildRoseBeef]

Your very welcome.

 

[cows asome]

 

[wynedot55]

theres no diffance tween red an black angus except the color.its up to your personal preferance as to what you like.