Randall Cattle

The Randall cattle are a breed of cattle from Sunderland in the state of Vermont in the United States.

Randall cattle were bred from several breeds, including the local landrace. This was done on a single farm, which belonged to Samuel J. Randall, and later his son Everett Randall. Although the Randalls kept their animals mainly as dairy cows, the breed retained the multi- use properties of the origin of races. After the death of Everett Randall 1985, the herd was distributed on several farms in the northeast, and the breed began to die out. In 1987 there were only fifteen animals and a few others at two additional locations in a herd. The Fifteen cattle herd was about to be slaughtered, as Cynthia Creech interfered, in the herd bought and brought them to their farm in the state of Tennessee. Today the Randall cattle are more than 200 breeding cows again and have continued growing.

Randall cattle are three purpose cattle for milk, meat and work. They are tough and intelligent and very well suited for grazing. Rarely need Randall cows obstetrics, metabolic diseases are also unknown.

Typical of the breed is the color pattern. Most animals are black on white, but there are also shades of gray, blue and red ( the red gene is recessive and only occasionally comes to light ). They vary in size: the cows weigh between 300 and 450 kg and bulls reach 800 kg. The shape is quite variable: There are animals from milk stressed " channel island type " (Jersey Cattle, Guernsey cattle), but also stockier bovine type meat Shorthorn. Most Randall cattle are located in the eastern U.S., with a concentration in the Northeast. The largest Randall herd and the breed registers are located in South Kent, Connecticut.