bscattle
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Thank you for the replies. So looking for breeds with no horns! I have a better understanding!
What is a "half polled"? Only one horn? In what way are they "better than homozygous polled cattle"?From studying pedigrees, it is obvious that at a minimum half polled cattle are better than homozygous polled cattle.
Heterozygous polled F1 cross. The Polled Hereford breeders admit it by choosing to use heterozygous bulls over their homozygous brothers. Off the top of my head I can think of several popular sires out of polled parents that carried the horn gene: P606, Trust, Hometown, Moler, About Time and 88x had horns.What is a "half polled"? Only one horn? In what way are they "better than homozygous polled cattle"?
Aw c'mon now.....an auctioneer would never stretch the truth, much less tell an outright fable..Don't trust an auctioneer who says this animal won't throw horned calves. Too many times I have seen an auctioneer get it wrong.
If it's on top of their nose, someone really slipped in some questionable African genetics..What is a "half polled"? Only one horn? In what way are they "better than homozygous polled cattle"?
Reckon this could be a source of polled genetics in Charolais?You can get polled Brahman cattle.
Yes, the polled genes in Charolais likely have come from other breeds during their breeding up.Reckon this could be a source of polled genetics in Charolais?
My grandad always used horned hereford bull on his brangus cows because they seemed to carry better bone than the polled. They make for some dandy super baldies.Heterozygous polled F1 cross. The Polled Hereford breeders admit it by choosing to use heterozygous bulls over their homozygous brothers. Off the top of my head I can think of several popular sires out of polled parents that carried the horn gene: P606, Trust, Hometown, Moler, About Time and 88x had horns.