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Hybrid Vigor: 4 way cross vs single cross.
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<blockquote data-quote="Nesikep" data-source="post: 1359511" data-attributes="member: 9096"><p>That's probably because of the Angus.. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /> No, because they're all british breeds.. I think if you had an Angus Simm cow bred shorthorn or hereford it would work well again, or perhaps Sim/Brah bred Angus, which gives you a breed from 3 different groups of cattle (continental, british, and brahman).</p><p></p><p>I think you start losing uniformity if you keep crossing to wildly different breeds.. I have some 4-5 way cross cows, and they and their calves are pretty uniform because I looked for the same traits regardless of breed.. just taking color as an example, I've never strayed from reds.. had I ever had longhorn, char belties or black in there it would take 10 generations to get rid of the spots (I did have some shorthorn and I'm having a time getting the chrome under control)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nesikep, post: 1359511, member: 9096"] That's probably because of the Angus.. :P No, because they're all british breeds.. I think if you had an Angus Simm cow bred shorthorn or hereford it would work well again, or perhaps Sim/Brah bred Angus, which gives you a breed from 3 different groups of cattle (continental, british, and brahman). I think you start losing uniformity if you keep crossing to wildly different breeds.. I have some 4-5 way cross cows, and they and their calves are pretty uniform because I looked for the same traits regardless of breed.. just taking color as an example, I've never strayed from reds.. had I ever had longhorn, char belties or black in there it would take 10 generations to get rid of the spots (I did have some shorthorn and I'm having a time getting the chrome under control) [/QUOTE]
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