Not what we expected

Calf #2 snuck in on March 5. We had to sort off a load of fat Holsteins to ship off and checked the heifers beforehand - no action. Just a couple hours later, a glance in their pen revealed a calf already up and looking for breakfast! He was definitely not what we expected.

John Wayne 20 X Midnite Lady 1640 bull calf

Since Black Herefords are a high percentage of Hereford blood and most carry a red color gene, you expect around 25% of the calves to be red. We had expected these red calves to look like Herefords, not Red Angus.
Nevertheless, a healthy calf with an unassisted delivery and attentive first-time mama who lets us handle her baby without fuss is always a good thing, and we'll get to see how our Black Hereford calves perform on the feedlot.