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<blockquote data-quote="Abby" data-source="post: 77074" data-attributes="member: 732"><p>I am concerned about the excess of red hair around the eye to me this is not typical of the Hereford breed that I grew up with and have been breeding for the last 35 years. As I said when you get red skin around the eye this is disariable and have been told that it reduces pinkeye and cancer eye, but I have also seen pinkeye in these types of cattle as well as the pink skinned ones, the best preventive for pinkeye isn't breeding (although it helps) is a top mineral and vitiman program. There are several top Hereford breeders pushing these "coon eyed " cattle Bill Bennett, Holdens, and Strang, to name a few, and maybe they did it with good intentions, but to get this trait to this degree somebody had to play games with their breeding program. I just have one question for those breeders who try to villify this trait and that is "why does the American Hereford Association offer blood typing kits to its breeders". To me this is just a tool for those in a hurry to play catchup to try to cut corners.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Abby, post: 77074, member: 732"] I am concerned about the excess of red hair around the eye to me this is not typical of the Hereford breed that I grew up with and have been breeding for the last 35 years. As I said when you get red skin around the eye this is disariable and have been told that it reduces pinkeye and cancer eye, but I have also seen pinkeye in these types of cattle as well as the pink skinned ones, the best preventive for pinkeye isn't breeding (although it helps) is a top mineral and vitiman program. There are several top Hereford breeders pushing these "coon eyed " cattle Bill Bennett, Holdens, and Strang, to name a few, and maybe they did it with good intentions, but to get this trait to this degree somebody had to play games with their breeding program. I just have one question for those breeders who try to villify this trait and that is "why does the American Hereford Association offer blood typing kits to its breeders". To me this is just a tool for those in a hurry to play catchup to try to cut corners. [/QUOTE]
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