Registered Breeds that allow breedup to purebred

[TexasBred]

Easier to name the ones that don;t, black Angus and Hereford. There may be a couple of the samller breed associaitons that don;t but I don;t know which ones. All of the continental breeds allow it, Red Angus allows it as does Shorthorn

from the looks of that bull on craigslist,,, they allow you to breed down

Yep...got some "registered" members.

[Massey135]

The AAA condones it as well. They just mandate you come in through the back door:



1985 Houston Grand Champion Angus

[MO_cows]

I don't see anything wrong with an "open" herdbook as long as it is clearly stated on the registration papers what the percentage is. And, if the standards for "purebred" status are high enough. This policy has enabled a lot of breeds to get polled genetics.

Although I gotta say I saw a very convincing speech one time, arguing against an open herdbook. The analagy was, if I take a cup of water and a cup of urine and mix them together, then add another cup of water and another cup of water and so on, how long until you would consider it "pure" water and drink it???

[ALACOWMAN]

I don't see anything wrong with an "open" herdbook as long as it is clearly stated on the registration papers what the percentage is. And, if the standards for "purebred" status are high enough. This policy has enabled a lot of breeds to get polled genetics.

Although I gotta say I saw a very convincing speech one time, arguing against an open herdbook. The analagy was, if I take a cup of water and a cup of urine and mix them together, then add another cup of water and another cup of water and so on, how long until you would consider it "pure" water and drink it???

Depends on how thirsty you get

[J&D Cattle]

Although I gotta say I saw a very convincing speech one time, arguing against an open herdbook. The analagy was, if I take a cup of water and a cup of urine and mix them together, then add another cup of water and another cup of water and so on, how long until you would consider it "pure" water and drink it???

Drought isn't that bad yet!

[Brandonm22]

If the water came out of a lake, creek, river, or stream you can pretty safely bet there is a urine percentage to it (fish, critter, & human). Hopefully the water treatment system works well enough.

[Gators Rule]

The AAA condones it as well. They just mandate you come in through the back door:



1985 Houston Grand Champion Angus

heck of a top line!!! ....and some of the best ears have ever seen on an Angus..!!!

David

[Massey135]

Im not picking up on your insinuations but that bull is not an Angus, as evident by his jack of any Angus breed character, yet he is recorded in the AAA herd book.

[Red Bull Breeder]

Heck Massey the critter is black, thats what color them black angus is