HerefordSire":ftyol3m2 said:
j4rcattle":ftyol3m2 said:
I am a polled Herford breeder in Eastern Oklahoma. I have a questions that may be crazy. I am wanting to cross a Horned bull onto my polled cows. Will I get the same result as any cross breeding operation. Will that pull from both the horned and polled to get a crossbred effect of growth and stamina in my calves?
I have read, when breeding polled Herefords to polled Herefords.....
The following represents four consequtive matings....
Line Breed, Line Breed, Line Breed, Outcross (pop).
In other words....
Inbreeding Depression, Inbreeding Depression, Inbreeding Depression, Heterosis Pop....
...while staying within the same breed.
A horned mated to a polled could be considered outcross within a breed.
I know where you have read that, grand idea, but not technically correct as used in the article. The outcross (and resultant heterosis) cannot take you to the next genetic level.