New photos of Auerrind bulls

Recently, some new photos of Auerrind bulls have been published on Facebook. 

Apollo (Maremmana x Watussi) © Felix Hohmeyer

This is Apollo, the Maremmana x Watussi cross bull. He is going to cover the herd of Sayaguesa cows and the Pajuna cow. I am looking forward to those crosses. 

© Felix Hohmeyer

© Felix Hohmeyer

This is Alvarez, the Sayaguesa x Watussi bull. His horns have a prime volume, they would need to curve more inwards however. This trait might be added by Chianina (some of the Chianina cows of the Auerrind project have inwards-curving horns), therefore I think (Sayaguesa x Watussi) x (Sayaguesa x Chianina) is the most promising combination of the whole project so far. The first bull of this combination has been born recently, as it was announced on Facebook. 

Benito (Sayaguesa x Maremmana) next to a Sayaguesa x Chianina cow © Claus Kropp

Benito, the Sayaguesa x Maremmana bull is going to cover the Sayaguesa x Chianina, Chianina and Sayaguesa x Grey cattle cows now. These combinations might be good as well, but there is the risk that the recessive dilution factors removing the red pigment in the coat that is found in Maremmana and Chianina might dilute the coat colour.