Had a yearling bull end up breeding his paternal sibling this spring. I know this has been done before successfully, and I don't know of any genetic defects, so should I be worried? Also had a sire breed a daughter of his who was supposed to bred to a different bull. Again, no known defects. Is there anything to be concerned with there?
Unintentional Inbreeding/Linebreeding
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Inbreeding is a long term and well planned. Inbreeding is what happened to you. I don't think you have anything to worry about. Unless you have some unknown defects hidden in your herd you will never know the difference.
Hog catcher might have meant to start off saying "Linebreeding is long term and well planned."
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Yes, reduced fertility is chief reason. 94% of Oops calves are best as terminal only.Farmer13 said:
Even in planned linebreeding a breeder needs strict culling standards for replacement
breeding stock.
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Hog catcher said:
:nod: :nod: :nod: Yes, that was a funny Oops by Hog catcher.JMER1533 said:
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Well i have been known to screw up.
Hog catcher said:
I'm fascinated with this wild hog eradication process. Can you post some pictures of your traps and your successful captures? Hogs aren't a problem where I am but they say it's only a matter of time.
Thanks in advance.
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TennesseeTuxedo said:
Can't post pictures of the traps or kills. PETA has gave us some trouble and the hog hunters have recognized some of the locations in the past and used our baits for a easy hunt.
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Do you get paid per killed hog?
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Hi I am about to make a post with a similar question. I am watching this with interest. Anyone brave enough to post some pictures of the oopsadaisy calves in question?
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OzssieDave19 said:
I'll post some deliberately linebred cattle, they're about 4 1/2 months old
Bull calf from a 7/8th sibling mating
Momma (first timer) is a full sibling mating, calf is from a 7/8th sibling to both parents
Dam of the cow above
Full sister to the cow above
Another linebred momma (maternal sister to the bull calf) with her first calf
Sire of all the calves
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Nice cattle. I can only hope my efforts turn out that well. Goodwork
If I have a cow or a few cows that always breed on time(in the top 10%) and raise a good bull calf....wouldn't keeping that bull calf or calves and breeding my cows with them fastrack the traits of that cow or cows to all the offspring?
Jeanne - Simme Valley
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Maybe - maybe not. If those top 10% cows were in fact the best cows, it may be from the hybrid vigor of being a crossbred cow, and if you continue to "crossbreed", that benefit gets diluted. You need to come back on your cows every couple generations with a PUREBRED to benefit.
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Nesikep said:OzssieDave19 said:
I'll post some deliberately linebred cattle, they're about 4 1/2 months old
Bull calf from a 7/8th sibling mating
Momma (first timer) is a full sibling mating, calf is from a 7/8th sibling to both parents
Dam of the cow above
Full sister to the cow above
Another linebred momma (maternal sister to the bull calf) with her first calf
Sire of all the calves
Is there any given on what will come out with line breeding or close sib mating? Have you seen the good traits multiply or the bad ones? Does it depend on what you started with what comes out? Obviously you did it because you really like what they were and wanted more. So were you happy with results?
Nesikep
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Angus Rocks said:
I find father/daughter and mother/son matings to just not work very well... Maybe it's just from a small sample size, but that's my experience.. I'd read somewhere that you should try and stay below 50% influence from any single animal, Father/daughter matings would result in a 75/25% influence, while full sibling matings would stay at 50/50 for each of the two grandparents.
I'm hedging my bets a bit, I'll have another crop of calves from Hector, then next year I'll use Zeus and most likely another purebred Gelbvieh bull... I'll have to really study which animals I want bred to which bull to make best use of both of them.. Which ones do I want to reduce the frame on? which ones do I want to put more meat on?, Which ones are good at making replacement heifers, and which bull do I want for that?
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You got it down Nes, one of these days I hope to have it'Nesikep said:OzssieDave19 said:
I'll post some deliberately linebred cattle, they're about 4 1/2 months old
Bull calf from a 7/8th sibling mating
Momma (first timer) is a full sibling mating, calf is from a 7/8th sibling to both parents
Dam of the cow above
Full sister to the cow above
Another linebred momma (maternal sister to the bull calf) with her first calf
Sire of all the calves
