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<blockquote data-quote="Backbone Ranch" data-source="post: 1559967" data-attributes="member: 20754"><p>Moses388- Thank you for sharing these pictures. I have seen several progeny of Olympia's Pelion, but they were not much older than weaned calves. These were the first mature progeny that I had seen out of him, and I have to say that I believe that both the bull and the young cow are phenotypically better than Olympia's Pelion. When it comes to improving marbling, it will likely take several generations to get to the desired level. To date, I believe that we have only had two individuals ever score 9 out of 10 for marbling in our herd. Our primary herdsire, BB Uncle Tony, scored a 10 for tenderness and an 8 for marbling. After 8 calf crops, we just had our first Tony son that scored 10 and 8. We have had many 10 out of 10 tenderness progeny from him, but the marbling is definitely harder to breed for. </p><p></p><p>TwoByrdsMG- I agree with you about preferring the silver cattle in our heat. However, we have noticed that some of our cattle, after being bred silver for 25+ years, are needing improvement when it comes to pigmentation. That is one reason why we have been looking so hard for a dark AI sire that will compliment our breeding program.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Backbone Ranch, post: 1559967, member: 20754"] Moses388- Thank you for sharing these pictures. I have seen several progeny of Olympia's Pelion, but they were not much older than weaned calves. These were the first mature progeny that I had seen out of him, and I have to say that I believe that both the bull and the young cow are phenotypically better than Olympia's Pelion. When it comes to improving marbling, it will likely take several generations to get to the desired level. To date, I believe that we have only had two individuals ever score 9 out of 10 for marbling in our herd. Our primary herdsire, BB Uncle Tony, scored a 10 for tenderness and an 8 for marbling. After 8 calf crops, we just had our first Tony son that scored 10 and 8. We have had many 10 out of 10 tenderness progeny from him, but the marbling is definitely harder to breed for. TwoByrdsMG- I agree with you about preferring the silver cattle in our heat. However, we have noticed that some of our cattle, after being bred silver for 25+ years, are needing improvement when it comes to pigmentation. That is one reason why we have been looking so hard for a dark AI sire that will compliment our breeding program. [/QUOTE]
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