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Hereford eye pigment - how much is enough to call pigmented?
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<blockquote data-quote="KNERSIE" data-source="post: 803525" data-attributes="member: 4353"><p>Pigment is also one of the toughest traits to fix in a herd as no-one knows how the heritability works and just when you think you have it all figured out you'll get a white eyed calf out of nowhere. I'll never use a unpigmented bull again and I'll never sell an unpigmented bull to anyone but a dairy farmer. I would have liked to say I'll never sell an unpigmented bull again to anyone, but this last year I just didn't get enough bullcalves of the quality I like that has full pigment, so in order to meet demand and make the bank balance I'll have to sell a few of those that are good otherwise except they have a lack of eye pigment.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KNERSIE, post: 803525, member: 4353"] Pigment is also one of the toughest traits to fix in a herd as no-one knows how the heritability works and just when you think you have it all figured out you'll get a white eyed calf out of nowhere. I'll never use a unpigmented bull again and I'll never sell an unpigmented bull to anyone but a dairy farmer. I would have liked to say I'll never sell an unpigmented bull again to anyone, but this last year I just didn't get enough bullcalves of the quality I like that has full pigment, so in order to meet demand and make the bank balance I'll have to sell a few of those that are good otherwise except they have a lack of eye pigment. [/QUOTE]
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