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<blockquote data-quote="Nesikep" data-source="post: 1191806" data-attributes="member: 9096"><p>Taurus, you're right, the bull has to be free of genetic defects, recessive ones in particular would show up. We've kept about 15 daughters from our last bull, and had 17 father-daughter matings, with no issues whatsoever... 2 of the resulting daughters were nice enough I had to keep them.</p><p></p><p>However, just because you're changing bulls doesn't mean you will avoid recessive defects... There's lots of them out there, I'll just take CCD which I believe is in some Angus bulls... Yes, it all started with a specific bull if memory serves me right, so even if the two bulls are only related to this original bull by 5 generations on each side, you could still get it.. Yes, probabilities of it are lower, but it can still happen.</p><p></p><p>Here are my two replacements from father-daughter matings</p><p>Tifa, who *really* looks like her mother, Grandma was a SHxSaler</p><p><a href="http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Rx7man/media/Moo/20140929_142901_zps00j4z0j4.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v153/Rx7man/Moo/20140929_142901_zps00j4z0j4.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>And Sofa, who's also very similar to her mother except for a lighter colored coat. Her mother is my best cow, as was her grandmother, hopefully she keeps the tradition. Grandma was a SHxHerf</p><p><a href="http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Rx7man/media/Moo/20140919_112215_zpsh2xg4qdt.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v153/Rx7man/Moo/20140919_112215_zpsh2xg4qdt.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>If you can get good young bulls for the price of your culls, I guess it's reasonable to swap out... Of course when you have one you really like, it's always a gamble on whether the new one will indeed be an improvement. That is the case with the Limo bull I have now, he's got really big shoes to fill and only next year will I see if he can.. Part of the reason I'm keeping one of my own this year as a back-up plan if all goes to crap.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nesikep, post: 1191806, member: 9096"] Taurus, you're right, the bull has to be free of genetic defects, recessive ones in particular would show up. We've kept about 15 daughters from our last bull, and had 17 father-daughter matings, with no issues whatsoever... 2 of the resulting daughters were nice enough I had to keep them. However, just because you're changing bulls doesn't mean you will avoid recessive defects... There's lots of them out there, I'll just take CCD which I believe is in some Angus bulls... Yes, it all started with a specific bull if memory serves me right, so even if the two bulls are only related to this original bull by 5 generations on each side, you could still get it.. Yes, probabilities of it are lower, but it can still happen. Here are my two replacements from father-daughter matings Tifa, who *really* looks like her mother, Grandma was a SHxSaler [url=http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Rx7man/media/Moo/20140929_142901_zps00j4z0j4.jpg.html][img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v153/Rx7man/Moo/20140929_142901_zps00j4z0j4.jpg[/img][/url] And Sofa, who's also very similar to her mother except for a lighter colored coat. Her mother is my best cow, as was her grandmother, hopefully she keeps the tradition. Grandma was a SHxHerf [url=http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Rx7man/media/Moo/20140919_112215_zpsh2xg4qdt.jpg.html][img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v153/Rx7man/Moo/20140919_112215_zpsh2xg4qdt.jpg[/img][/url] If you can get good young bulls for the price of your culls, I guess it's reasonable to swap out... Of course when you have one you really like, it's always a gamble on whether the new one will indeed be an improvement. That is the case with the Limo bull I have now, he's got really big shoes to fill and only next year will I see if he can.. Part of the reason I'm keeping one of my own this year as a back-up plan if all goes to crap. [/QUOTE]
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