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<blockquote data-quote="Andyva" data-source="post: 1253539" data-attributes="member: 1022"><p>50% not knowing what the cows dam was. In other words if she was hetero polled and bred to a homo polled bull her offspring has a 50/50 shot at being hetero or homo. Any homo crossed on any hetero will give the same odds. Recessive genes can hide for a very long time. Just because the odds say 50%, that doesn't mean that you couldn't breed to a horned bull and get 9 polled calves in a row. That's what makes it so hard with cattle without genetic testing. If you were breeding rabbits, a couple litters will tell you if a recessive trait is present, a cow might not live long enough to throw a recessive.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Andyva, post: 1253539, member: 1022"] 50% not knowing what the cows dam was. In other words if she was hetero polled and bred to a homo polled bull her offspring has a 50/50 shot at being hetero or homo. Any homo crossed on any hetero will give the same odds. Recessive genes can hide for a very long time. Just because the odds say 50%, that doesn't mean that you couldn't breed to a horned bull and get 9 polled calves in a row. That's what makes it so hard with cattle without genetic testing. If you were breeding rabbits, a couple litters will tell you if a recessive trait is present, a cow might not live long enough to throw a recessive. [/QUOTE]
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