JWBrahman said:
We put an Angus bull on a polled Hereford x Maine heifer. The Hereford was polled. The Maine was polled. The Maine/Hereford cow is polled. But her first calf had Hereford horns.
No Brahman or Longhorn in the woodpile.
That you know of, or the parents weren’t homozygous polled and carrying the horn gene.
First red flag I saw was the word Maine.
To be registered as Maine all you had to have is a picture of one driving by.
With a Maine you have no clue what is back in the woodpile. The knowledge of your genetics would be just as good buying one through the sale barn IMO.
“Adding Other Breeds Pedigrees
“Other breed” pedigrees can be added to the registration of an animal for either the sire or the dam. The fee to add a bull’s pedigree is $40 and to add a female’s pedigree is $25. Please send along a copy of the registration paper for each particular animal and include the proper fee. When requesting a pedigree to be added please use the original registration number for that breed and add the appropriate prefix to that number. Angus-AN, Red Angus – AR, Belted Galloway – BG, Brahman- BR. Chianina – CA, Charolais – CH, Galloway- GA, Gelbvieh – GV, Hereford- HH, Polled Hereford- HP, Shorthorn – IS, Limousin – LM, Lowline – LL, Canadian Maine – MA, Red Brangus – RB, Salers – SA, Simmental – SM, Polled Shorthorn – SP, Scottish Shorthorn – SS. Once the pedigree has been added the calf registration will then be completed.
Registering Bulls
Bulls must be sired by a) registered Maine bull, or b) registered bulls of another breed (see ‘Adding Other Breeds Pedigrees’ above).”
