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Hey that must have been my wife that they studied!

Diluter is also referred to cows such as charolais. They are white, for the most part, and when bred to a black bull they will dilute the black color, making a shade of gray. This same theory would hold true of mating a charolais to any other color. The main factor is that their coat color is...

If you use a homozygous bull all of the calves will be black, unless the bull is bred to a "diluter" color cow (like a charolais) then they will be a shade of gray. The calves will likely carry the red gene, but will most likely be black in color.

We all know that the wave is black. Why fight the system, Joe blow has already made up his/her mind that angus beef is the way to go. I'm glad that Joe blow can recognize one of our cattle breeds! You could conceivably buy your red cows, and breed them to a homozygous black bull, thereby saving...

Haymaker, I like your surprise. Of all the things that can go wrong, that's a good thing.