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<blockquote data-quote="SPH" data-source="post: 1649807" data-attributes="member: 20580"><p>Unless these are just some tremendous animals if you want to get into the registered business you would be best just starting with some registered females from a reputable Hereford breeder because trying to chase down if these animals could be registered is probably going to be a time consuming and expensive process. First off if the guy you bought them from knows nothing about them you would need to know who he bought them from to even start the research on them. It is possible to register Herefords if you can trace back the ancestry and get the DNA testing to validate it but unless you have some solid ancestry history to go off the chances you could trace those animals back to be able to register them as purebreds (if they even are purebred) are probably very slim and not worth the investment to do so.</p><p></p><p>There are a lot of crossbreds out there that could pass as a Hereford on color pattern alone. My brother in law has a commercial cattle operation and has never used a Hereford bull but he has cows and calves that at first glance you would swear are mostly Hereford because he's mixed up enough breeds over the years in his herd he gets a red and white faced calf from time to time that you would swear looks like a Hereford.</p><p></p><p> If you want to raise registered purebred cattle the best way to get started is find a reputable breeder that has been around awhile and keeps good records on their cattle that has heifers or bred yearling heifers for sale that fit what you are looking for and buy a group. Use that as your foundation, cull what you don't like or doesn't perform well and keep the heifer calves to build on and go from there. If you are breeding with good bulls each calf crop should gradually get better.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SPH, post: 1649807, member: 20580"] Unless these are just some tremendous animals if you want to get into the registered business you would be best just starting with some registered females from a reputable Hereford breeder because trying to chase down if these animals could be registered is probably going to be a time consuming and expensive process. First off if the guy you bought them from knows nothing about them you would need to know who he bought them from to even start the research on them. It is possible to register Herefords if you can trace back the ancestry and get the DNA testing to validate it but unless you have some solid ancestry history to go off the chances you could trace those animals back to be able to register them as purebreds (if they even are purebred) are probably very slim and not worth the investment to do so. There are a lot of crossbreds out there that could pass as a Hereford on color pattern alone. My brother in law has a commercial cattle operation and has never used a Hereford bull but he has cows and calves that at first glance you would swear are mostly Hereford because he's mixed up enough breeds over the years in his herd he gets a red and white faced calf from time to time that you would swear looks like a Hereford. If you want to raise registered purebred cattle the best way to get started is find a reputable breeder that has been around awhile and keeps good records on their cattle that has heifers or bred yearling heifers for sale that fit what you are looking for and buy a group. Use that as your foundation, cull what you don't like or doesn't perform well and keep the heifer calves to build on and go from there. If you are breeding with good bulls each calf crop should gradually get better. [/QUOTE]
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