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No. A heifer cannot nor will not produce enough milk to look after twins. You will need to bottle feed one of them to keep the heifer from going down too fast with the demands of her twins. You may have to bottle feed them both at first if they're both really hungry.
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Is angus just a steer?
Absolutely not! Angus is a breed, which encompasses not just steers, but also cows, bulls, heifers and calves of the same breed. The Angus breed are black polled cattle that originated from Scotland and is the breed that has gained huge popularity in the United States.
Does Certified Australian Angus Beef use Black Angus?
Yes, just like in the United States. Angus Sourced calves (those calves that have been sired by an Angus bull and are from an Angus Dam or Angus Hereford (Black Baldy Dam) are used in CAAB. There is only one Certified Australian Angus Beef Brand.
Why is a bull black?
Genetics. Only specific breeds have bulls that are black, or particular cross breedings have resulted in producing bulls that are black. The most common breed that gives black bulls are Angus (also known as Black Angus), Galloway, Dexter, Kerry, and Brangus. Mixing Angus with another breed to produce black cattle is quite common in North America, and black colouration is easily passed on since black is the most dominant allele of all colours (except white, which is where the white gene dilutes black to a greyish colour) in coat-colour genetics of cattle. For example, if you bred an Angus bull to a Limousin cow, you will get calves that are black. If you bred an Angus bull to a solid-coloured Longhorn cow, you will get calves that will be black.
What color are Angus?
Angus or Black Angus are black. Red Angus are red.
How do you get a black calf with a white face?
You can either buy one--off a local producer who sells such calves or from your local salebarn--or you can get one yourself by breeding an Angus cow with a Hereford bull (or a Hereford cow with an Angus bull). Even breeding a modern-type Simmental cow with an Angus bull (or vice versa) will get you a black-baldy calf.
What is a black angus?
A black Angus is a type of black, hornless cattle from Scotland.
Does CAB have to come from Angus beef?
No. Certified Angus Beef can come from any cattle that are black. They don't have to be pure Angus to have the premium for black hide nor to be deemed "CAB" in the supermarket. Here are some breeds that will get the CAB black-hide premium because they have infused black into their genetics to make them "purebred" which is quite false if you study the breeds and their origins long enough:SimmentalGelbviehMaine-AnjouCharolais (surprisingly)LimousinSalersCertified Angus Beef can also give premiums to crossbred calves that are all black. For instance, if a pure Red Simmental bull was bred to Angus cows, the calves would all come out black, but be deemed Angus-Simmental crosses. The same thing if a Black Simmental was mated to Angus cows or Red Angus cows: all the calves will come out black, and thus the calves from the two examples will bring a premium to the rancher/farmer. Black calves will also come if you cross any of the above breeds with Angus or amongst themselves, provided you are breeding all-black to all-black or all-red and not to traditional-type cattle of the above breeds (with exceptions to Gelbvieh, Salers, Limousin and Maine Anjou). Breeding a pure traditional-coloured Charolais to Angus will produce grey calves which will be docked. You won't get much of a premium with black-white-face calves either, but since they are black you still got a pretty good chance anyway. Simmental-Angus and Hereford-Angus calves that are black baldies are the most common black baldies you'll see.The thing about CAB is that this marketing scheme takes advantage of the consumer. The consumer can only assume that the steaks they are buying are pure Angus beef, but in honest real-world reality, they really don't. And they really don't care either. All they care about is if it tastes good. They don't care whether the steaks they've just bought is actually from a Black Simmental or Black Gelbvieh or a black-baldy steer; they don't have the time to do the research! The mentality of it is, if they really want to know where their beef comes from and what kind of cattle it came from, they can go buy local. There they will have a better understanding of what cattle had been slaughtered, how they were fed, how they were raised, who raised them etc. This pure Angus beef campaign in America is and has been successfully brainwashing its consumers into thinking that only Angus beef is the best. Little do they know that there are other breeds out there that have as-good-as or even better beef than Angus.CAB itself has been taken advantage of by other breeders in America; they have been infusing Angus genetics into their breeds and after a few matings, can call a Black Simmental a purebred Simmental, even if it as 15/16 Angus blood in it, for example. On the other hand, CAB has not only taken advantage of the consumer, but of the cattle producers as well, and has successfully lured in those many producers who are eager to take the Certified Angus Beef premium bait to get more money off their calves by having an Angus herd or, having an Angus bull in their cowherds. As a result, you see far more black cattle in America than any other colouration or breed, except for Holsteins.The thing of it is is that they all look the same once the hide is taken off. That's where I mean that a black baldy can still be marked as CAB "mistakenly" even though it is not pure Angus. The same goes for those steers that are produced from three crosses: Angus, Hereford and Simmental, for example. They still get the CAB tag when they are slaughtered, gutted, skinned, dismembered and hung. But does the consumer know? Nah. They don't need to: they don't have the time or money to find out if they had just been suckered into CAB's "false" advertising or not. Like I implied above, "Black is Best" is only a fad, just like bell-bottoms where in the fashion industry, and will soon peter out only to be replaced by a better type of beef cow that will have producers running for their money. Maybe Herefords will make a come-back; maybe Grass-Fed Beef will become the new fad for American (and Canadian) consumers. Who knows?
Why are black angus calves being discounted at auction marts this season?
It could be a sign that they're losing their popularity, and other calves that are not black are gaining ground over the blacks. Or, it could be that the meat packers are starting (hopefully) to realize that just because an animal is black doesn't automatically mean that it's going to be good quality when the hide comes off. Who knows?
When was Black Angus Steakhouse created?
Black Angus Steakhouse was created in 1964.
How much does a black angus cost?
Top calves that are purebred with great genetics may range from $500-$700. If you are buying at a sales barn or other means of livestock auctioning calves are going for about $1 to .70 cents per pound for weaned calves. This price may vary in your area.
What nicknames does Angus Brewer go by?
Angus Brewer goes by DJ black angus, and Gus.
Can a black angus be a purebred with a white face?
NO! Black Angus can ONLY be ALL black in order to be deemed purebred. Also, an animal that is deemed to be Black Angus MUST have DNA tests done on the animal, the sire and the dam to prove that it is indeed purebred and not a composite. The animal you are talking about is a composite breed, which is a result from crossing Hereford with Angus, or even crossing Angus with a Hereford-Angus F1 cross.
