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Our Buffalo herd presented us with a special gift int he spring of 2004.
As we watched the buffalo calves being born and growing, we noticed
that one calf was different.
Baby buffalo calves are born a reddish brown color and as they grow up
and mature the reddish brown coat becomes darker and darker until the
calves are the colors of the mother cows and culls in the rest of the
herd. But one was different, Instead of getting darker, it was getting
lighter and lighter.
We have a white buffalo bull. It's not an albino, but is definitely is not
dark. The skin pigment is tan and the hair is light tan or caramel color.
In winter time, his hair turns lighter with the heavier coat. Whitey knows
he id different and we have treated him differently. We didn't wean him
like the rest of the baby calves and stayed with his mother longer. His
mother told him when it was time to become an independent young bull.
As a young cal with his mother, the pair was on the edge of the herd, set
apart one might say, knowing that they were different and special.
As Whitey grows from a young bull into a mature bull, we watch and wait
to see how he swill find his place with the older breeding bulls.
As we watched the buffalo calves being born and growing, we noticed
that one calf was different.
Baby buffalo calves are born a reddish brown color and as they grow up
and mature the reddish brown coat becomes darker and darker until the
calves are the colors of the mother cows and culls in the rest of the
herd. But one was different, Instead of getting darker, it was getting
lighter and lighter.
We have a white buffalo bull. It's not an albino, but is definitely is not
dark. The skin pigment is tan and the hair is light tan or caramel color.
In winter time, his hair turns lighter with the heavier coat. Whitey knows
he id different and we have treated him differently. We didn't wean him
like the rest of the baby calves and stayed with his mother longer. His
mother told him when it was time to become an independent young bull.
As a young cal with his mother, the pair was on the edge of the herd, set
apart one might say, knowing that they were different and special.
As Whitey grows from a young bull into a mature bull, we watch and wait
to see how he swill find his place with the older breeding bulls.
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