Blue Grey cattle

This article is about the cattle hybrid. For the colour, see Blue-gray. For other uses, see The Blue and the Gray.
Blue Grey
Head and neck of a cow, looking through a fence
A cow
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Usesuckler cow
Traits
Coatblue roan
Horn statuspolled
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The Blue Grey is a cattle hybrid traditional in south-western Scotland and north-western England. It is blue roan in colour, and results from breeding a black Galloway cow to a white Shorthorn bull. It is reared principally as a suckler cow, and is particularly well suited to upland grazing.