hair dye

[nobody]

I'm going to ask this question and hope I don't get jumped on too bad....I know people dye their show cattle because I've seen the hair dye in supply magazines, but it is black.  My question is, can you dye a red heifer with red hair dye?  Opinions and suggestions appreciated, thanks.

 

[shortyjock89]

Not usually.  I've never tried it.

 

[DLD]

I've seen it done.  It's pretty hard to actually get a natural look, though - hard to match the actual shade. and if not's a near perfect match it'll show up somewhere.  I've heard of using not a dye, but some sort of "rinse" to darken one a shade.  The rinse is supposed to blend better.

 

[dogger]

I have to agree with above post.  We've been showing for years and have seen a couple people try a red dye and it has never looked natural enough to pass.

 

[Jill]

Most of the reason we dye calves is to get the red tint out or the dead hair freshened back up, you don't really see that in red cattle, so  I suppose you could dye a red one, I just don't see what the purpose would be.