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<blockquote data-quote="KNERSIE" data-source="post: 384117" data-attributes="member: 4353"><p>Actually Doc, I suggested plan no2 as the best option, even with your choice of terminal bull, but starting with 4-6 head and building up to 60 I think that no2 is impractical for her situation.</p><p></p><p>With the limited number of animals she can run, I suggested building a herd of straight herefords or angus or pretty much any british breed she fancies and use a bull of another british breed to sell in the replacement heifer market. My preference would have been building a straight hereford cowherd, AI the best half of them every second year to the best maternal hereford bull available, keep replacements and cleanup and breed the rest to a black angus bull to get the premium on the baldie heifers while the BWF steers should also sell well.</p><p></p><p>This way you have a bit more selection pressure in the year when you retain replacements and have a big very marketable calf crop every other year. In your breeding for replacements year you will still have more than 50% of the calves baldies.</p><p></p><p>I can not see how you can ever build a uniform herd starting with 4-6 animals crossbreeding using a terminal sire. What may maximise heterosis isn't practical in every situation</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KNERSIE, post: 384117, member: 4353"] Actually Doc, I suggested plan no2 as the best option, even with your choice of terminal bull, but starting with 4-6 head and building up to 60 I think that no2 is impractical for her situation. With the limited number of animals she can run, I suggested building a herd of straight herefords or angus or pretty much any british breed she fancies and use a bull of another british breed to sell in the replacement heifer market. My preference would have been building a straight hereford cowherd, AI the best half of them every second year to the best maternal hereford bull available, keep replacements and cleanup and breed the rest to a black angus bull to get the premium on the baldie heifers while the BWF steers should also sell well. This way you have a bit more selection pressure in the year when you retain replacements and have a big very marketable calf crop every other year. In your breeding for replacements year you will still have more than 50% of the calves baldies. I can not see how you can ever build a uniform herd starting with 4-6 animals crossbreeding using a terminal sire. What may maximise heterosis isn't practical in every situation [/QUOTE]
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