Kingfisher,
I am not "trying" to say anything. I felt I was pretty direct and to the point. I was "saddened" to see that a State breed association would sell untested, or worse yet, sell carrier bulls. Why not sell the bull(s) for hamburger and not pass this genetic crap on to a less informed buyer?
Sure, they are listing some as carriers, but will they explain the entire scenario of what the buyer is getting him/her self into. Here is the way I see it:
If the buyer's herd of 100 total cows is 100% FREE:
This "heck of a deal" carrier bull when mated to a herd of free cows (regardless of breed) will produce:
= 50 carrier offspring
= 50 free offspring
In a real world scenario, estimating 50% of those carriers are bulls are then sold two years from now to FREE herds, that will be 25 additional herds that will be negatively impacted. This goes on forever.
This %$@# does not get buried up again.
In another scenario, if a carrier bull is used with an Angus commercial herd of 100 total cows that has 20 carriers cows in it already the results will be:
= 50 carrier offspring
= 45 free offspring
= 5 will be DOA
What do you estimate a carrier bull(s) will sell for at the sale... $1500 -2000? Me, I'd take the hit. Sell him as hamburger, and sleep well at night, knowing that the bulls I sold made all the successive herds better not worse.