Sunday 10 January 2021

A Sayaguesa x Chianina with excellent body shape

Recently another photo of one of the Sayaguesa x Chianina cows was published on Facebook by Claus Kropp: 
© Claus Kropp
The body shape of the cow looks excellent. The waist is slender and the hump is large. As it is not in profile view, I cannot judge if the trunk should be shorter (it was quite short in aurochs cows), but the legs are long nevertheless. Something intermediate between this and a good Lidia cow would be a perfect aurochs cow-lookalike in terms of body shape. Horn shape and size is not there yet, and the coat shows the dilution factor of Chianina, but this cow is a very good basis for further breeding. 
© Claus Kropp
This guy will cover her, or maybe has already covered her. It is Alvarez the Sayaguesa x Watussi bull. I am really looking forward to this offspring. It will be 50% Sayaguesa, 25% Chianina and 25% Watussi. It might not have a perfect primigenius spiral yet but otherwise has the chance to become very good. 
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9 comments:

  1. Anonymous11 January 2021 at 09:32

    Very nice! I'm in love with the hump/raised withers.

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  2. Matthaüs11 January 2021 at 11:04

    Which desirable Lidia characteristics does this cow lack?

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    1. Daniel Foidl12 January 2021 at 06:53

      Lidia would add a slightly more athletic body shape, f.e. a slenderer waist.

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    2. Simon12 January 2021 at 23:56

      On the other hand is lidia much smaller

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    3. Daniel Foidl13 January 2021 at 02:11

      Yes, otherwise it would be too easy.

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    4. Mikkel ImGrimm6 March 2022 at 00:09

      Have you seen the Calvanina breed? A sister breed of the Chianina, very gracile, long legged and with elongated skull.
      Calvanina is very light and less massive than Chianina.

      https://www.vetrina.toscana.it/prodotti/carne-di-razza-calvana/


      Cinisara is also a very gracile high legged breed

      http://www.lorenzorizzieri.it/privato/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/razza-bovina-cinisara2.jpg

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    5. Mikkel ImGrimm6 March 2022 at 00:25

      https://trattoriadalloste.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/calvana-cuttle-dalloste-firenze-1.jpg

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  3. Matthaüs11 January 2021 at 12:43

    I think the same animal is shown in this post, by the way - in profile view.


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  4. jb19 January 2021 at 06:28

    hey daniel do you have instagram would love to see you on there, showing us a lot of quick posts and photos you found. there are more photos of tauros on there than elsewhere. like using hastags as maashorst, kempen broek etc you will find a lot. very interestig to see the less famous individuals over there. now a lot of bulls breed i saw a large black bull with ale line on his back (probably partly maronesa looking at the shape of the horns) being busy with a cow that was definetly partly highland cattle. very interesting to analyze what they are but also makes it easy to analyze the calves born next year.

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