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<blockquote data-quote="BSKDixie" data-source="post: 742746" data-attributes="member: 13953"><p>I agree Balancer bred back to Angus wouldn't be bad, but why not take a Balancer cow and breed her back to a Hereford bull? Then you get the full effect of heterosis, becuase that Hereford side will add feed efficiency, if you breed back to an Angus bull you're not maximizing heterosis to the full effect, youre backcrossing, backcrosses yield maximum maternal heterosis but only 50 percent of your maximum individual heterosis, so youre really not capitalizing on the full effect that you could be getting with the terminal cross of Balancer x Hereford. If you breed that Balancer to the Hereford bull, its gonna be a terminal cross anyways so you wont have to worry about replacements, ideally you would breed Angus x Hereford to a Gelbvieh bull to make a true terminal three way cross, but in this case you're starting with a Balancer cow so its a moot point.</p><p></p><p>I've worked with Balancers for several years and I have to say its a great cross, still run by the Gelbvieh Association, but they really know what they're doing there, they even have calf marketing program and other types of programs available for both Balancers and Smartcross (Balancer + % of another breed) </p><p></p><p>And just a little tidbit, a backcross is best to use when a particular breed works well a certain environment such as brahman type breeds in tropical areas</p><p></p><p>Best of luck to you, once again Balancers make some great commercial cattle!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BSKDixie, post: 742746, member: 13953"] I agree Balancer bred back to Angus wouldn't be bad, but why not take a Balancer cow and breed her back to a Hereford bull? Then you get the full effect of heterosis, becuase that Hereford side will add feed efficiency, if you breed back to an Angus bull you're not maximizing heterosis to the full effect, youre backcrossing, backcrosses yield maximum maternal heterosis but only 50 percent of your maximum individual heterosis, so youre really not capitalizing on the full effect that you could be getting with the terminal cross of Balancer x Hereford. If you breed that Balancer to the Hereford bull, its gonna be a terminal cross anyways so you wont have to worry about replacements, ideally you would breed Angus x Hereford to a Gelbvieh bull to make a true terminal three way cross, but in this case you're starting with a Balancer cow so its a moot point. I've worked with Balancers for several years and I have to say its a great cross, still run by the Gelbvieh Association, but they really know what they're doing there, they even have calf marketing program and other types of programs available for both Balancers and Smartcross (Balancer + % of another breed) And just a little tidbit, a backcross is best to use when a particular breed works well a certain environment such as brahman type breeds in tropical areas Best of luck to you, once again Balancers make some great commercial cattle! [/QUOTE]
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