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<blockquote data-quote="Ann Bledsoe" data-source="post: 20901" data-attributes="member: 60"><p>Well, sometimes you buy an animal that has horns and it has to be dehorned. Polled bulls aren't foolproof either -- if the bull's not homozygous polled, then some of his calves may have horns (depending of course, on what horn genes the cow carries). Dad's Red Angus bull is polled and all but 1 of his cows are polled, and he still gets about 25% horned calves.</p><p></p><p>My Highland heifer will be bred only to polled bulls, but there is still a chance that her calves will have horns. Something we'll deal with when the time comes, but I can assure you, any horned calves will be dehorned/disbudded at a very early age. Personally I have no use for horns, but I won't pass up a good animals just because it has (or had) horns.</p><p></p><p>Ann B</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ann Bledsoe, post: 20901, member: 60"] Well, sometimes you buy an animal that has horns and it has to be dehorned. Polled bulls aren't foolproof either -- if the bull's not homozygous polled, then some of his calves may have horns (depending of course, on what horn genes the cow carries). Dad's Red Angus bull is polled and all but 1 of his cows are polled, and he still gets about 25% horned calves. My Highland heifer will be bred only to polled bulls, but there is still a chance that her calves will have horns. Something we'll deal with when the time comes, but I can assure you, any horned calves will be dehorned/disbudded at a very early age. Personally I have no use for horns, but I won't pass up a good animals just because it has (or had) horns. Ann B [/QUOTE]
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