The fall calving cows should be bred. The big bull is just “cleaning up” anything that comes open for some reason. It’s not ideal to breed father daughter. I am comfortable breeding up to 50%relations so half brother to half sister. I think most operations that line breed closely say 30% or less related is ideal. My plan for the next few years is to keep a bull for one year and then sell them. That will keep me from becoming too closely related to anything. Once I get the consistency I’m looking for I will bring in some outcross genetics through artificial insemination on my proven cows. I want to make sure that anything I bring in can perform on fescue and meets or exceeds the standards I’m setting for my herd. Side note the old standard for proving a bull was genetic defect free was to breed him to 30 of his daughters. If the calves turned out ok the bull was “proven” genetic defect free. I have not intentionally bred father to daughter but the few that we have had on clean up have been fine.
Can the heifers father breed his own daughter.? When you said one of the heifers is this bulls daughter?
The fall calving cows should be bred. The big bull is just “cleaning up” anything that comes open for some reason. It’s not ideal to breed father daughter. I am comfortable breeding up to 50%relations so half brother to half sister. I think most operations that line breed closely say 30% or less related is ideal. My plan for the next few years is to keep a bull for one year and then sell them. That will keep me from becoming too closely related to anything. Once I get the consistency I’m looking for I will bring in some outcross genetics through artificial insemination on my proven cows. I want to make sure that anything I bring in can perform on fescue and meets or exceeds the standards I’m setting for my herd.
Side note the old standard for proving a bull was genetic defect free was to breed him to 30 of his daughters. If the calves turned out ok the bull was “proven” genetic defect free. I have not intentionally bred father to daughter but the few that we have had on clean up have been fine.