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    Homozygous polled bull and scurs

    I use only registered Angus and most are from names everyone recognizes. I don't think the sex-linked portion of scurs is fully researched or there are multiple genes for scurs....some that aren't sex-linked
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    Homozygous polled bull and scurs

    So I have 10 descendants of 07807 in the herd. It's not a trait I specifically look for but half, at least, have scurs. So of those I know have it, they are all daughters of her that come from TC Total 410. I currently have 23 other direct daughters of Total in the herd and countless...
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    Homozygous polled bull and scurs

    This doesn't explain the scurs following very specific female lines.
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    Homozygous polled bull and scurs

    You're funny. I'll share examples this week. I have more than enough matings for a research project. You're pretty much asserting that TC Total 410 had scurs that went unnoticed in every herd except mine then the only mating that happened to cause scurs in his offspring were also from the same...
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    White on Angus

    The whole point is that I don't care about white but if I wanted a paper to validate the calf I could get it. The whole premise that a paper makes a cow worth more is going to quickly evaporate with technology.
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    Homozygous polled bull and scurs

    I have commercial Angus. If the literature were correct, my scurred cow crossed with a bull with no scurs should produce a female with no scurs. If the bull had scurs then it should show in 50% if his male offspring and up to 25% of his granddaughters. None of that is the case. It is isolated...
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    White on Angus

    First of all, they're all non-profit clubs. They aren't for profit and most of what they do is counter to making profit for the beef sector. Secondly, I could record my entire herd with ASA and get EPDs or with AAA and get ratios.
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    Plateau in the EPD race?

    "I don't trust epds" "I choose moderate epds" "People chase epds, I stay in the middle" All these thoughts baffle me. You do find merit in the process or you don't. Why only think things are ok at an ever-changing average? If you didnt think the average should have changed, you should be...
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    Plateau in the EPD race?

    The question I pose is if you think "maternal" is at the 60th percentile, but weights keep increasing, which is really the criteria? Are we choosing on a specific weight or on the percentiile in an ever-increasing environment? To me you're either on board with epds or you're opposed to them...
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    Homozygous polled bull and scurs

    Basically I'm breeding 200 cows a year to registered Angus. I keep replacements all from an AI bull I usually rotate every 2 years. If you're correct and popular Angus bulls actually have scurs, then it would quickly spread through my herd and others. The fact that it is only in two maternal...
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    Plateau in the EPD race?

    Why is it that, in Angus, 10 years ago 80lbs yearling was maternal and anything above was terminal? Same people today will claim that 110 is maternal but 140 isn't. My question... If you have no faith in epds as a tool, why consult them at all? The trailing target method confuses me.
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    Homozygous polled bull and scurs

    I know what the 1970's literature says on the subject. My question is: if it takes 2 copies to express in a female, and I have several females in a family line expressing, why aren't their steer mates, sires, or 3/4 female cousins ending up with scurs?
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    Homozygous polled bull and scurs

    I question the sex-linked logic. I've had two cows with scurs and every daughter retained has them. Registered Angus sires. In my experience, it is a dominant trait in females.
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    White on Angus

    They aren't registered as a simmental, but the simmental database will record them.
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    Should I use Gar Prophet?

    QH Manning out of a 4yo Prophet dam. I have another from this cross that ended up with the same amount of white. Mostly testing the picture upload but have had little success.
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