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Heritability of phenotype.
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<blockquote data-quote="Jeanne - Simme Valley" data-source="post: 1480679" data-attributes="member: 968"><p>That's why I said, you need to look at sire & dam for consistency. If you find a really well muscled bull (not fat) and he has a well muscled sire, but the dam is fine boned & lacking in muscling, then you have the genetics for him to produce a fine boned, light muscled calf.</p><p>"Looks" go beyond the show ring. Yes, I show and yes, I do well, but my cattle are first & foremost functional and even though I may breed to many different bulls in one year, my calf crop is like peas in a pod - except for color. Could be red or black. So, what I meant is that you need to pick out the "style" of bull that you are trying to achieve in your calf crop. But, as said, consistency comes with lineage. Numbers are a tool. They are not God's gift to the cattleman.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jeanne - Simme Valley, post: 1480679, member: 968"] That's why I said, you need to look at sire & dam for consistency. If you find a really well muscled bull (not fat) and he has a well muscled sire, but the dam is fine boned & lacking in muscling, then you have the genetics for him to produce a fine boned, light muscled calf. "Looks" go beyond the show ring. Yes, I show and yes, I do well, but my cattle are first & foremost functional and even though I may breed to many different bulls in one year, my calf crop is like peas in a pod - except for color. Could be red or black. So, what I meant is that you need to pick out the "style" of bull that you are trying to achieve in your calf crop. But, as said, consistency comes with lineage. Numbers are a tool. They are not God's gift to the cattleman. [/QUOTE]
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