Cattle breed pics only (no comments please)

[OtterCreekRanch]

I have over 20 years experience in many of the breeds mentioned. I am more than aware that simbrah are a purebred breed. We had a couple dozen of them at one point in time. Again, I never said a word about Simbrah, Charolais or Simmental in particular. I just said that I thought it would be best to use only pictures of known purebred animals for education purposes. With that said, in mine and my husband's opinion, (again, him having over 20 years experience in raising and showing purebred cattle of many different breeds as well) some of the animals I have seen I would be willing to bet the farm on them not being purebred animals. Even if they are they might not be the best representation of that breed. Just because you can say an animal sort of looks like a breed and that breed can come in that color, does not make it that breed. It does newbies no favors at all to picture animals that look "sort of" like a breed even if it is to say that the breed can come in that color. Conformation and type also come into play. I know I myself am very passionate about the breeds I raise and would hope any information put out there about them is factual and a good representation of what the breed should really be.

Like I said, it was an opinion based on my experience that I was trying to give in order to help make these breed pages better. If my opinion and knowledge are not wanted then I will be more than happy to leave and retract anything I have added to the breeds database.

 

[redtailgal]

Thanks to all that have posted pics!

These pics are a wonderful resource to those making pages.

Please remember to let the owner know if you choose to use their pic, and give them credit for the pic on your page!

What about the dairy cows? LOts of beef pics in here and a couple jerseys, do any of you have a dairy herd to contribute with? ESP Holsteins that are clean. All the public domain Holsteins that I have seen thus far have some very dirty cows.


Keep those pics comin! (and please, dont comment on each others pics, that is not what this thread is for)

 

[aggieterpkatie]

Shorthorn Cow

Brown Swiss Bull Calves

 

[elevan]

I will state again that if anyone has concerns with the breed page project to PM myself or another moderator.

Please limit this thread to pictures of cattle that are properly labeled and questions regarding what is being looked for.

If you feel something is mislabeled, PM the OP or a moderator (hit the report button).

 

[20kidsonhill]

18 month black Angus heifer:

 

[WildRoseBeef]

I have over 20 years experience in many of the breeds mentioned. I am more than aware that simbrah are a purebred breed. We had a couple dozen of them at one point in time. Again, I never said a word about Simbrah, Charolais or Simmental in particular. I just said that I thought it would be best to use only pictures of known purebred animals for education purposes. With that said, in mine and my husband's opinion, (again, him having over 20 years experience in raising and showing purebred cattle of many different breeds as well) some of the animals I have seen I would be willing to bet the farm on them not being purebred animals. Even if they are they might not be the best representation of that breed. Just because you can say an animal sort of looks like a breed and that breed can come in that color, does not make it that breed. It does newbies no favors at all to picture animals that look "sort of" like a breed even if it is to say that the breed can come in that color. Conformation and type also come into play. I know I myself am very passionate about the breeds I raise and would hope any information put out there about them is factual and a good representation of what the breed should really be.

Like I said, it was an opinion based on my experience that I was trying to give in order to help make these breed pages better. If my opinion and knowledge are not wanted then I will be more than happy to leave and retract anything I have added to the breeds database.

I was using Chars and Simms as examples. And like I said, even though it is ideal to use pictures of known purebred animals only, I think it would do more confusion to newbies because when they are showed a picture of, say, a black Simmental, they start wondering why it's called a Simmental when it's black. Don't get me wrong, it is worth putting up pics of what a breed is supposed to look like, but it would also help to show others what kind of colour patterns have emerged from how certain breeds have become more modernized, like Charolais, Simmental, Gelbvieh and the others I listed.

So please, don't take offense with what I said because I was just trying to point out that sometimes showing a picture of pure-breed only doesn't exactly let people see the entire picture.

 

[WildRoseBeef]

Oh, and thanks AggieKatie for the shorty pic.

 

[kstaven]

I'll give my 2 cents on the picture debate here. But first off I will give a big thank you to all who choose to contribute to this project. You are helping educate our future generations and those just considering cattle.

Now for the commentary.

When there are variations in color or patterning within a breed extra pictures noting that just helps add clarity for all. Even if they include odd variations that only periodically show up.

As an example: You say the word dexter and 90% of the people see black. Well black isn't the only color. They are also red. By providing both if we can we have just helped inform some who may not know this.

As to the best representation of the breed in the pics. We go with what is provided by the members here. If better pics come along later then there is always the option to swap them. The next issue is what is the best of any breed? I've spent enough time in show rings to know judges have different opinions and preferences when it comes to what characteristics make a show animal the best of breed. So on this one we will never see 100% concensus. Show an animal in one state and clean up and move to the next and not even place. It can and does happen that easily.


Showing pics of different breeds at different stages also gives people a better idea of how a particular breed develops.

Where we may have an interesting situation in the future with some breeds is the fact that breed standards are not uniform country to country. We deal with this in Jerseys. What we class as a standard purebred jersey in Canada is some what different from the U.S. standard. With A.I. those differences are narrowing some, but in most cases you can tell a U.S. bred jersey from a Canadian.

 

[WildRoseBeef]

Are there any more pictures anyone can share? I'm looking for pictures on Black Angus, Red Angus, Charolais, Simmental, Shorthorn, Brown Swiss, Belgian Blue, Belgian Red, and Jersey cattle. BTW, thanks everyone for the pictures already sent in.

 

[dwbonfire]

this is my 4 month old black angus heifer. i am not positive that shes purebred though so im not sure if this pic will be of help to you. is it a bad angle?