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<blockquote data-quote="AllForage" data-source="post: 995045" data-attributes="member: 14878"><p>True repeatability and consistency is achieved through close breeding. IT is the method in which all breeds were formed and developed. Close breeding is a general term used for the mating of related indidviduals. What you referred to is inbreeding or breaking the 50% natural barrier. I have been taught not to practice that, but some do and have with success. The more sustainable practice is linebreeding. Mating half sibs, cousins, and not breaking the 50% rule.</p><p></p><p>If most people actually saw a calf crop from a truely linebred sire they would realize they are getting cheated from their bull supplier. Putting outcross bulls on outcross cows is like throwing darts at a barn with a moving target. Sure you hit it once in a while, but you lose a lot of darts. But hey, isn't this what keeps the grand illusion and the pursuit of "perfection" going?</p><p></p><p>This concept was widely understood and practiced 40-50 years ago. Too bad it has been lost or falls on deaf ears.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AllForage, post: 995045, member: 14878"] True repeatability and consistency is achieved through close breeding. IT is the method in which all breeds were formed and developed. Close breeding is a general term used for the mating of related indidviduals. What you referred to is inbreeding or breaking the 50% natural barrier. I have been taught not to practice that, but some do and have with success. The more sustainable practice is linebreeding. Mating half sibs, cousins, and not breaking the 50% rule. If most people actually saw a calf crop from a truely linebred sire they would realize they are getting cheated from their bull supplier. Putting outcross bulls on outcross cows is like throwing darts at a barn with a moving target. Sure you hit it once in a while, but you lose a lot of darts. But hey, isn't this what keeps the grand illusion and the pursuit of "perfection" going? This concept was widely understood and practiced 40-50 years ago. Too bad it has been lost or falls on deaf ears. [/QUOTE]
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