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<blockquote data-quote="Allenw" data-source="post: 1435293" data-attributes="member: 28553"><p>I agree breed purity is important. If the animal has papers it should be 100% that breed or duly noted on the papers, as well as free from known genetic defects.</p><p></p><p>Chasing high EPD numbers is the cool thing right now or it seems to me, the last bull my younger brother bought I thought was a heifer when I seen it in the pasture, but he has high milk numbers. Chasing high EPD numbers is no different then picking for any single trait at the expense of other traits.</p><p></p><p>I've spent a lot of time looking at different Horned Hereford breeders web sites over the last couple of years and have been disappointed in what I find. I can find bulls that were born 10 to 20 years ago that I like, thick, long, big butted but some where that was lost after that. There are bulls being promoted today from some including some big time players that lack breed character. I'm going to step in it here but some of that breed character is differences between horned and polled Herefords. I imagine there is a bit of bang from crossing two different lines in the EPD numbers. Some prominent breed characteristics don't seem to be a concern today.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Allenw, post: 1435293, member: 28553"] I agree breed purity is important. If the animal has papers it should be 100% that breed or duly noted on the papers, as well as free from known genetic defects. Chasing high EPD numbers is the cool thing right now or it seems to me, the last bull my younger brother bought I thought was a heifer when I seen it in the pasture, but he has high milk numbers. Chasing high EPD numbers is no different then picking for any single trait at the expense of other traits. I've spent a lot of time looking at different Horned Hereford breeders web sites over the last couple of years and have been disappointed in what I find. I can find bulls that were born 10 to 20 years ago that I like, thick, long, big butted but some where that was lost after that. There are bulls being promoted today from some including some big time players that lack breed character. I'm going to step in it here but some of that breed character is differences between horned and polled Herefords. I imagine there is a bit of bang from crossing two different lines in the EPD numbers. Some prominent breed characteristics don't seem to be a concern today. [/QUOTE]
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