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<blockquote data-quote="SPH" data-source="post: 1015596" data-attributes="member: 20580"><p>Make sure you are breeding your Hereford bull to cows that have dominant black breeding. We've sold several Hereford bulls to commercial breeders trying to breed for black baldies and some of them find that if you can't prove your black cows are out of Angus bulls that some of the cross breeding you get with black cattle that already have some "off" color is that you don't have a dominant black gene to guarantee a black baldly. Also new to Hereford genetics, in order to register purebred calves to a Hereford sire born after Jan 1, 2011 you have to have DNA testing done (<a href="http://www.hereford.org/static/files/factsheets/DNATestingProcedures.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.hereford.org/static/files/fa ... edures.pdf</a>) so if the breeder you buy from has gone the extra mile and done this you will know if the bull carries the diluter gene (bull could throw some grey calves when bred to black cows.) </p><p></p><p>Regardless, any commercial breeder looking to get more bang for their buck should look into buying a Hereford bull to breed to their black cows to obtain the benefit of the heterosis hybrid vigor you get with black baldy cattle.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SPH, post: 1015596, member: 20580"] Make sure you are breeding your Hereford bull to cows that have dominant black breeding. We've sold several Hereford bulls to commercial breeders trying to breed for black baldies and some of them find that if you can't prove your black cows are out of Angus bulls that some of the cross breeding you get with black cattle that already have some "off" color is that you don't have a dominant black gene to guarantee a black baldly. Also new to Hereford genetics, in order to register purebred calves to a Hereford sire born after Jan 1, 2011 you have to have DNA testing done ([url=http://www.hereford.org/static/files/factsheets/DNATestingProcedures.pdf]http://www.hereford.org/static/files/fa ... edures.pdf[/url]) so if the breeder you buy from has gone the extra mile and done this you will know if the bull carries the diluter gene (bull could throw some grey calves when bred to black cows.) Regardless, any commercial breeder looking to get more bang for their buck should look into buying a Hereford bull to breed to their black cows to obtain the benefit of the heterosis hybrid vigor you get with black baldy cattle. [/QUOTE]
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