how long can one use a bull?

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To Keren I say thank you.
I am very appreciative of your explanation;

To the rest of you guys thank you.
This forum is good in that you guys are reasonable on not being
too condescending & impatience @ novices.
If these discussions were done w/ locals-- the competitive /one man-up-ship; --goes on
one man's weakness = one man's advantage.That the way it is!
In this forum the thread that holds it together is the same as what is taught in Boy Scouts ( leader -15years).
"SEE ONE-DO ONE-TEACH ONE"
Thank everyone.
 
For those interested, here are a couple of very informative sites on genetics and breeding. They aren't all oriented towards cattle, but the underlying concepts still apply.

One of the most readable sites I've found is Principles of Selective Inbreeding by W.A Watmough. It's written in plain english and divided into fairly digestible chapters. I highly recommend it.

http://www.netherworld.com/~cowboy/Sele ... gMenu.html

The next site is oriented towards dog breeding, but provides a very detailed discussion of various topics.

http://bowlingsite.mcf.com/Genetics/Genetics.html

The third site is oriented towards horces, and is a little more basic. It is based on heavily the book The Basis of Linebreeding by J.H. Lents, which is often mentioned on this forum

http://www.genecarrhorseranch.com/line_breeding.php

The last site is actually about cockatiels, but has some nice charts that show how the percentage of genetic material contributed by an individual changes in each generation of offspring.

http://www.birdhouse.resteddoginn.ca/inbreeding.php


Hope this helps.
 
I appreciate ya'lls input. I have all ways been told that inbreeding was a romper room no-no. I have a outlaw(ex-daughter-in-laws step dad) that has a bull that he raised from a calf. He also has a few cows that are nearly as old as the bull. He has been inbreeding them for 5 years that I know of. He sells the bulls and keeps the daughters. So far I haven't seen any two headed or 5 legged calves but I know something is going to show up sooner or later. I have been told that you can breed father to daughter once and it's ok but I haven't ever done it. At least now I have some info to start researching this. Thanks.
 
ArmyDoc":1z8lriqg said:
For those interested, here are a couple of very informative sites on genetics and breeding. They aren't all oriented towards cattle, but the underlying concepts still apply.

One of the most readable sites I've found is Principles of Selective Inbreeding by W.A Watmough. It's written in plain english and divided into fairly digestible chapters. I highly recommend it.

http://www.netherworld.com/~cowboy/Sele ... gMenu.html

The next site is oriented towards dog breeding, but provides a very detailed discussion of various topics.

http://bowlingsite.mcf.com/Genetics/Genetics.html

The third site is oriented towards horces, and is a little more basic. It is based on heavily the book The Basis of Linebreeding by J.H. Lents, which is often mentioned on this forum

http://www.genecarrhorseranch.com/line_breeding.php

The last site is actually about cockatiels, but has some nice charts that show how the percentage of genetic material contributed by an individual changes in each generation of offspring.

http://www.birdhouse.resteddoginn.ca/inbreeding.php


Hope this helps.
Thanks for the links.
 
Thanks so much for the links, ArmyDoc.

I looked briefly at the first three. The first one seems excellent - I will have to read the whole thing when I get a chance. The second one was also good, but I found I needed my background knowledge in genetics to understand a lot of it. It assumes some technical knowledge. The third is as you said, more basic but still a good read.

Thanks again!
 
Keren":3fy3n33c said:
I had expected to cop some criticism from the people here who are against linebreeding/inbreeding. Obviously they havent read this post yet.

I think you're wrong on that. :lol: I am not for linebreeding, simply because I don't have the knowledge and experience to make it work, and I believe that linebreeding in the wrong hands is a wreck waiting to happen. It sounds like you do have the knowledge and experience to make it work, and that certainly works for me. FWIW - I don't always agree with your posts, but I do read them because I usually learn something and you present other viewpoints. I like that. :) This is kind of a backwards, and garbled, but hopefully you'll understand what I'm trying to say. :oops:
 

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