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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:
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.
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.
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.
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.
Very nice! I'm in love with the hump/raised withers.
ReplyDeleteWhich desirable Lidia characteristics does this cow lack?
ReplyDeleteLidia would add a slightly more athletic body shape, f.e. a slenderer waist.
DeleteOn the other hand is lidia much smaller
DeleteYes, otherwise it would be too easy.
DeleteHave you seen the Calvanina breed? A sister breed of the Chianina, very gracile, long legged and with elongated skull.
DeleteCalvanina 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
https://trattoriadalloste.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/calvana-cuttle-dalloste-firenze-1.jpg
DeleteI think the same animal is shown in this post, by the way - in profile view.
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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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