polled charolais

Xcool

hi has anyone tryed progressive charolais bull indiscret pp ch 2222 hetero polled how has calves turned out

Translation please?

Lady Haywire

Makes perfect sense to me

I haven't tried him Xcool but he's only had 3 calves registered to him on ICBF so doesn't look like many people would have experience with him yet.

Maybe to you but can you enlighten the rest of us? What is the OP referring to?

charolais0153

zorro2566 wrote: »

Maybe to you but can you enlighten the rest of us? What is the OP referring to?

He is asking about a bull thats in the progressive genetics ai station. He wants to know if anyone has calves by this bull and how they turned out

Blimey!

Lady Haywire

zorro2566 wrote: »

Blimey!

[progressive charolais bull indiscret pp ch 2222 hetero polled how has calves turned out]

progressive- Progressive Genetics, AI station that has bulls.
charolais bull- Speaks for itself.
indiscret- name of bull.
pp- used after a bulls name standing in AI to indicate he's a polled bull.
ch2222- AI code, shorthand for his name so to speak.
hetero polled- means none of his calves will have horns.

tanko

I always thought that homozygous polled meant that none of the offspring would have horns and heterozygous polled meant that that some would have horns and some wouldn't

Lady Haywire

tanko wrote: »

I always thought that homozygous polled meant that none of the offspring would have horns and heterozygous polled meant that that some would have horns and some wouldn't

You're correct. But sure anyone who couldn't read the first post wouldn't have known that & I wasn't about to start explaining genetics & alleles :D

squinn2912

Be very interested to see how this bull goes. Bit of rude behaviour there the op was clear.

Hard Knocks

Is there a farmer in Wexford who advertises polled Charolais

White Clover

I'm not a fan of polled cattle bar a good type Angus. Have had a few here over the years and they don't die great. They're very fine in the bone.
Vet was telling me it's connected to the polled gene.

gozunda

Lol I suppose for those not in the know - the language can be a bit confusing. Funny was reading the genetics of Irish Moiled cattle the other day

http://www.irishmoiledcattlesociety.com/horns-and-scurs.html

Between Moiled Polled and Scurs you could be excused for talking a different language....

TooOldBoots

Alwent Hitman was the first AI Homozygous in Ireland. The bull looks ok, nothing special, not the best not the worst. I liked the idea of not having to debud the calves as I find this an ordeal for the calf, cow and farmer.
Feck all stock bulls from him on the ground, I was on the look out for one last spring and couldn't get one. I think a the Charolais breeders are missing a trick by not supplying a few of these Bulls to the sales

Sugarbowl

Lady Haywire wrote: »

Makes perfect sense to me

I haven't tried him Xcool but he's only had 3 calves registered to him on ICBF so doesn't look like many people would have experience with him yet.

Sorry for straying off topic - where do you see on ICBF how many calves he has registered to him?

charolais0153

Sugarbowl wrote: »

Sorry for straying off topic - where do you see on ICBF how many calves he has registered to him?

In calving subsection under more

Sugarbowl

charolais0153 wrote: »

In calving subsection under more

Thanks, never knew that info existed. BTW, without looking like a novice, what do they mean by Herd Mates Births?

Lady Haywire

Sugarbowl wrote: »

Sorry for straying off topic - where do you see on ICBF how many calves he has registered to him?

Look up a bull, any auld bull will do. Then click on calving difficulty, then if you scroll down a bit you'll see 'No of births'


^^what CH said!