alexfarms":2ot3xfh1 said:
OakCreekRanch":2ot3xfh1 said:
It shouldn't be an issue if you are breeding horned Hereford bull to polled angus cows or polled angus bull to horned Hereford cows. The F1 offspring should be heterozygous polled. If you wanted replacements, then don't use horned Herefords or at least breed the F1 to another polled breed such as Simmental or Charolais.
Be prepared to spend most of the rest of your life fighting the horned gene in the cow herd started by those heterozygous replacements. I have a neighbor who used 3 different registered Angus bulls of mixed cows and he got horns sired by all three of the Angus bulls.
Sounds like these Angus bulls have something in them or does you meant scurred calves? I don't see it as a big deal, using a horned bull as a terminal sire. I can see your point on the replacements but I knew someone have a herd of longhorn cross cows, used a black Simmental bull on them and I never seen a horned calf out of them.