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<blockquote data-quote="Brandonm22" data-source="post: 848548" data-attributes="member: 7645"><p>I apologize for wording that VERY poorly. In a 3 way rotation (and I will gladly switch that to polled black Gelbvieh for politeness sake) where all three crosses get used equally as replacements, the Hereford bulls would be breeding the 50% Gelbvieh sired 3 way cross cows, the Angus bulls would be breeding the Hereford sired 3 way cross females, and the Gelbvieh bulls would be breeding the Angus sired 3 way cross females (you can change that order if you want to). When you round up those calves a 1/3 would have a Hereford sire and a Hereford Great grandsire (thus 50++% Hereford blood), the Gelbvieh sired calves would likewise be more than 50% Gelbvieh (Gelbvieh sire and great grandsire...and great great great great grandsire, etc if you keep repeating this rotation), dittoe with the Angus sired calves. My point is that three different sire breeds is an awful lot of genetic variation to have on one pot belly trailer full of calves from the same ranch. A lot better than a rainbow herd but your losing a lot of consistency just to get that little bit extra heterosis kick from the third breed.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brandonm22, post: 848548, member: 7645"] I apologize for wording that VERY poorly. In a 3 way rotation (and I will gladly switch that to polled black Gelbvieh for politeness sake) where all three crosses get used equally as replacements, the Hereford bulls would be breeding the 50% Gelbvieh sired 3 way cross cows, the Angus bulls would be breeding the Hereford sired 3 way cross females, and the Gelbvieh bulls would be breeding the Angus sired 3 way cross females (you can change that order if you want to). When you round up those calves a 1/3 would have a Hereford sire and a Hereford Great grandsire (thus 50++% Hereford blood), the Gelbvieh sired calves would likewise be more than 50% Gelbvieh (Gelbvieh sire and great grandsire...and great great great great grandsire, etc if you keep repeating this rotation), dittoe with the Angus sired calves. My point is that three different sire breeds is an awful lot of genetic variation to have on one pot belly trailer full of calves from the same ranch. A lot better than a rainbow herd but your losing a lot of consistency just to get that little bit extra heterosis kick from the third breed. [/QUOTE]
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