I think I said that I accidentally put my bull to one of his daughters last year. Here's a picture of the calf "Sandy" now @ 10 week old and dad: http://web.mac.com/cliveataylor/iWeb/Te ... oft65.html.
Her nose isn't black, that's just the photo.
Inbreeding - How close do you go?
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Two very nice animals Clive.
I used my bull on his mother last year and the resulting heifer is without a doubt the best I have bred in 27 years. The heifer is very closely bred, with three of her grand parents all having very similar pedigrees. Sorry I cannot post picture but like Beryl, my IT skills are very limited. (I have become a guest several times by accident, its not just you Beryl!).
Jean in thundery Suffolk.
I used my bull on his mother last year and the resulting heifer is without a doubt the best I have bred in 27 years. The heifer is very closely bred, with three of her grand parents all having very similar pedigrees. Sorry I cannot post picture but like Beryl, my IT skills are very limited. (I have become a guest several times by accident, its not just you Beryl!).
Jean in thundery Suffolk.
I use inbreeding and or line breeding in my chicken breeding and its the only way to get consistant results.
I use father to daughter and keep aunts and uncles and so on.
Because chickens obviously mature much more quickly than cattle you can obviously recognise any faults or mistakes that you have made in your breeding programme and rectify them fairly quickly. Its obviously far cheaper to keep a few chickens back than cattle just incase you need a plan B though.
There is a saying when it comes to inbreeding and that is that it causes " The shit to float to the top" In other words, if your stock has any skeletons in its cupboard, inbreeding will quickly make it apparent. One thing for certain is is that you will quickly learn about your stock and what it is exactly that you have.
I use father to daughter and keep aunts and uncles and so on.
Because chickens obviously mature much more quickly than cattle you can obviously recognise any faults or mistakes that you have made in your breeding programme and rectify them fairly quickly. Its obviously far cheaper to keep a few chickens back than cattle just incase you need a plan B though.
There is a saying when it comes to inbreeding and that is that it causes " The shit to float to the top" In other words, if your stock has any skeletons in its cupboard, inbreeding will quickly make it apparent. One thing for certain is is that you will quickly learn about your stock and what it is exactly that you have.
