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<blockquote data-quote="egbert" data-source="post: 6013188" data-attributes="member: 9965"><p>It was done quite openly in decades past (I recall a blonde cross calf going through the pedigree sale ring, with some reference to grading up), but most pedigree/pure breeders have stepped back from it. Some commercial herds use a lim as a crossing bull on them, but carefully select out progeny.</p><p></p><p>There's a double muscled gene within the breed, and a lot of bulls are tested for it - many breeders don't want it due to calving issues.</p><p>My own experience of it was that I got the occasional calves really really stuck, and got rid of the bull responsible quickly, but that then, his daughters would throw up the odd one, usually with disastrous results.</p><p></p><p>As for behavioural traits...i'll stick with pure bred thanks.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="egbert, post: 6013188, member: 9965"] It was done quite openly in decades past (I recall a blonde cross calf going through the pedigree sale ring, with some reference to grading up), but most pedigree/pure breeders have stepped back from it. Some commercial herds use a lim as a crossing bull on them, but carefully select out progeny. There's a double muscled gene within the breed, and a lot of bulls are tested for it - many breeders don't want it due to calving issues. My own experience of it was that I got the occasional calves really really stuck, and got rid of the bull responsible quickly, but that then, his daughters would throw up the odd one, usually with disastrous results. As for behavioural traits...i'll stick with pure bred thanks. [/QUOTE]
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