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Supa Dexta":2oovfyu5 said:That has nothing to do with this thread^
Maybe it does and maybe it doesn't. That would depend on if some of those boys are breeding their mothers or their sisters wouldn't it?
Supa Dexta":2oovfyu5 said:That has nothing to do with this thread^
Supa Dexta":av6ppzdr said:You may wanna head over to facebook if you just wanna write words on a page.
Supa Dexta said:'Every breed of dog, chicken, pig, all modern animal agriculture has got to where it is due in part to line breeding./quote]
Outcrossing on a put together herd is an easy way to increase variability. Been there.
Neighbor has a registered herd that is AIed to a variety of proven growth bulls. A few more fancy calves than commerial herds, but still a huge amount of variation.
Yes, exactly!!Lucky_P said:I know Jeanne didn't mean that inbreeding/linebreeding creates or causes genetic defects... but some seem to think that. Rather, in/linebreeding increases the likelihood of recessive genes (whether a 'defect' or not) being expressed.
I didn't have much luck with father-daughter matings, I have one Mother-son heifer that's due for her first calf.. no surprise, she's called Copy because she looks so much like her momma... I have a full sibling mating, she looks good, but the best one seems to be a 3/4 sibling mating.. Her momma is just an awesome cow anyhow and hits a home run no matter the bullBackbone Ranch said:We have three females that are the result of mother to son matings. They range in age from 3 months to 5 years, and we really like each one of them. Our best calves each year routinely are the crossing of two particular lines, OK Sadie and JOPA Elation Power. These two lines are relatively unrelated, and the first cross between these two lines produces some very nice calves. However, when these progeny are bred back to another individual that is closely related to OK Sadie or Elation Power, the calves are just as good and many are even better than their parents. If you have two superior individuals, I would recommend breeding them, regardless of parentage.
Nesikep said:I didn't have much luck with father-daughter matings, I have one Mother-son heifer that's due for her first calf.. no surprise, she's called Copy because she looks so much like her momma... I have a full sibling mating, she looks good, but the best one seems to be a 3/4 sibling mating.. Her momma is just an awesome cow anyhow and hits a home run no matter the bullBackbone Ranch said:We have three females that are the result of mother to son matings. They range in age from 3 months to 5 years, and we really like each one of them. Our best calves each year routinely are the crossing of two particular lines, OK Sadie and JOPA Elation Power. These two lines are relatively unrelated, and the first cross between these two lines produces some very nice calves. However, when these progeny are bred back to another individual that is closely related to OK Sadie or Elation Power, the calves are just as good and many are even better than their parents. If you have two superior individuals, I would recommend breeding them, regardless of parentage.