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<blockquote data-quote="jnowack" data-source="post: 230477" data-attributes="member: 3954"><p>It depends on the cows also. If the cows carry no horn genes and no scur genes and the bull carries only one scur gene and one horn gene then the male progeny would have a 25% probability of being scurred. If the bull carries 2 scurred genes then it would be 50%.</p><p></p><p>I would think that some of the cows carry these genes so you could likely get half or more of the male progeny scurred and a few of the females. You will probably get some horned ones also.</p><p></p><p>Alan</p><p></p><p>Scurs are not discriminated against at the sale barn nearly to the extent that horns are. Often in young light weight cattle and sometimes in older cattle the scurs are very small and are not noticed. I showed a heifer that did not show scurs until she was almost 2 years old. She then had what I call scab scurs. Very small and peel off like a scab if you pull on them.</p><p></p><p>I don</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jnowack, post: 230477, member: 3954"] It depends on the cows also. If the cows carry no horn genes and no scur genes and the bull carries only one scur gene and one horn gene then the male progeny would have a 25% probability of being scurred. If the bull carries 2 scurred genes then it would be 50%. I would think that some of the cows carry these genes so you could likely get half or more of the male progeny scurred and a few of the females. You will probably get some horned ones also. Alan Scurs are not discriminated against at the sale barn nearly to the extent that horns are. Often in young light weight cattle and sometimes in older cattle the scurs are very small and are not noticed. I showed a heifer that did not show scurs until she was almost 2 years old. She then had what I call scab scurs. Very small and peel off like a scab if you pull on them. I don [/QUOTE]
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