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<blockquote data-quote="cotton1" data-source="post: 1292234" data-attributes="member: 14689"><p>I dont think you should change bulls. You like the calves off him in terms of performance from birth to weaning. Keep your heifers and put the boy with the girls when the time is right. The line bred daughters will be uniform and predictable, and by the time they are in production you will have gotten a few more years use on the bull you are happy with. When he gets too old, you can go back hereford, angus or what ever with your new bull. The heifers you produce in the line bred situation will be appealing to somebody that wants a small group of replacement heifers that are consistent and uniform. I vote to keep that bull you like. And just because I know many will say line breeding causes problems, I want to say that line breeding compounds traits. If you are happy with the sires calves, chances are you will "prove" your bull by doing father daughter line mating. By limiting the possible genes in the pool, you can eliminate the bad or undesired traits once identified. If you do it and have no problems, you cattle will improve in quality. Cross breeding brings Heterosis until you have too much cross breeding, if you tighten the gene pool a little and then change breeds when your current bull gets old you will find a boost in heterosis and likely perfomance. Whatever you decide, best wishes</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cotton1, post: 1292234, member: 14689"] I dont think you should change bulls. You like the calves off him in terms of performance from birth to weaning. Keep your heifers and put the boy with the girls when the time is right. The line bred daughters will be uniform and predictable, and by the time they are in production you will have gotten a few more years use on the bull you are happy with. When he gets too old, you can go back hereford, angus or what ever with your new bull. The heifers you produce in the line bred situation will be appealing to somebody that wants a small group of replacement heifers that are consistent and uniform. I vote to keep that bull you like. And just because I know many will say line breeding causes problems, I want to say that line breeding compounds traits. If you are happy with the sires calves, chances are you will "prove" your bull by doing father daughter line mating. By limiting the possible genes in the pool, you can eliminate the bad or undesired traits once identified. If you do it and have no problems, you cattle will improve in quality. Cross breeding brings Heterosis until you have too much cross breeding, if you tighten the gene pool a little and then change breeds when your current bull gets old you will find a boost in heterosis and likely perfomance. Whatever you decide, best wishes [/QUOTE]
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