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The fun with heifers calving continues.
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<blockquote data-quote="Ky hills" data-source="post: 1845725" data-attributes="member: 24816"><p>The 2 year old heifers calving are not inbred themselves. The baby calves they are having are inbred. </p><p>The bulls that we have been using do sire very small calves out of most heifers. </p><p>We have been trying to bring in outside genetics ie other unrelated bulls even different breeds but have had a run of problems with that too, that is the reason for inbreeding these heifers to their sire.</p><p>We are awaiting results of a semen check on a registered Hereford bull now. Haven't even discussed price yet. Our hope is that buying a bull from a knowledgeable, reputable, longtime breeder and friend will yield better results , than our more recent purchases from new and probably less experienced breeders. </p><p>I've never liked the concept of close inbreeding, but we chose to breed those heifers to their sire because we were trying to go in a different direction with more of a growth bull for the cows.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ky hills, post: 1845725, member: 24816"] The 2 year old heifers calving are not inbred themselves. The baby calves they are having are inbred. The bulls that we have been using do sire very small calves out of most heifers. We have been trying to bring in outside genetics ie other unrelated bulls even different breeds but have had a run of problems with that too, that is the reason for inbreeding these heifers to their sire. We are awaiting results of a semen check on a registered Hereford bull now. Haven’t even discussed price yet. Our hope is that buying a bull from a knowledgeable, reputable, longtime breeder and friend will yield better results , than our more recent purchases from new and probably less experienced breeders. I’ve never liked the concept of close inbreeding, but we chose to breed those heifers to their sire because we were trying to go in a different direction with more of a growth bull for the cows. [/QUOTE]
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