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<blockquote data-quote="Ky hills" data-source="post: 1677145" data-attributes="member: 24816"><p>Looks like after quite a while of sampling current genetics, and being disappointed more often than not, we are now going to be linebreeding. Not sure how far I will take it in retaining of our bulls completely. Right now we have 2 half brothers, and a third one who's dam is a half sister. Only a handful of our current cows/heifers are related to them and that is also of the 1/2 siblings. We are going to select a couple bulls from this years crop that are unrelated. We have been heading in a direction that is more of type than breed specific, but working with a base of Hereford and Angus cows and crosses of the two. The focus has been on the maternal side of the equation, with fertility and udder quality being emphasized. Some of the bulls we are selecting are more moderate in stature than I have traditionally sought after but should still have enough frame, they are from cows that possess the characteristics we are looking for in cows</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ky hills, post: 1677145, member: 24816"] Looks like after quite a while of sampling current genetics, and being disappointed more often than not, we are now going to be linebreeding. Not sure how far I will take it in retaining of our bulls completely. Right now we have 2 half brothers, and a third one who's dam is a half sister. Only a handful of our current cows/heifers are related to them and that is also of the 1/2 siblings. We are going to select a couple bulls from this years crop that are unrelated. We have been heading in a direction that is more of type than breed specific, but working with a base of Hereford and Angus cows and crosses of the two. The focus has been on the maternal side of the equation, with fertility and udder quality being emphasized. Some of the bulls we are selecting are more moderate in stature than I have traditionally sought after but should still have enough frame, they are from cows that possess the characteristics we are looking for in cows [/QUOTE]
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