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Get black baldie calves, with out Herford pinkeye?
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<blockquote data-quote="Anonymous" data-source="post: 4445"><p>> Managment will preveny pinkeye</p><p>> problems 99% of the time. Breeding</p><p>> BWF to BWF you would get mostly</p><p>> BWF and maybe a few btockle faces.</p><p>> The WF gene works in cobination</p><p>> with other face color genes. Angus</p><p>> don't have a face color gene that</p><p>> makes the WF gene dominant. You</p><p>> would expect to get 25% of the</p><p>> calves being red. A neighbor</p><p>> spends a good amount of his time</p><p>> treating pinkeye, he has Holstein</p><p>> feeder steers. We have pure</p><p>> Herefords, red baldies, black</p><p>> baldies, pure red Angus and pure</p><p>> black Angus. A couple of years ago</p><p>> we had to treat one heifer for</p><p>> pinkeye, she was a black Angus. If</p><p>> there is no pigmentation on the</p><p>> eyelids there is a greater</p><p>> tendency for pinkeye only because</p><p>> the unpigmented skin is more</p><p>> attractive to flys.</p><p></p><p>> dun</p><p></p><p>Hey dun,</p><p></p><p>What percentage of black baldie calves do you think I would get with black baldie hefiers breed to a black angus bull? Do you think it would be more that way,than with black baldie heifers and balck baldie bull breeding together? Thanks dun, and any others coments welcome.</p><p></p><p> <a href="mailto:smithtrion1@alltel.net">smithtrion1@alltel.net</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 4445"] > Managment will preveny pinkeye > problems 99% of the time. Breeding > BWF to BWF you would get mostly > BWF and maybe a few btockle faces. > The WF gene works in cobination > with other face color genes. Angus > don't have a face color gene that > makes the WF gene dominant. You > would expect to get 25% of the > calves being red. A neighbor > spends a good amount of his time > treating pinkeye, he has Holstein > feeder steers. We have pure > Herefords, red baldies, black > baldies, pure red Angus and pure > black Angus. A couple of years ago > we had to treat one heifer for > pinkeye, she was a black Angus. If > there is no pigmentation on the > eyelids there is a greater > tendency for pinkeye only because > the unpigmented skin is more > attractive to flys. > dun Hey dun, What percentage of black baldie calves do you think I would get with black baldie hefiers breed to a black angus bull? Do you think it would be more that way,than with black baldie heifers and balck baldie bull breeding together? Thanks dun, and any others coments welcome. [email=smithtrion1@alltel.net]smithtrion1@alltel.net[/email] [/QUOTE]
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