Line breeding

Just would like to gather opinions on line breeding on the maternal end of show cattle.. specifically I have a heifer sired by a 734/angus out of a Whiskey/angus dam.. would you suggest a Whiskey or 734 son or go back to the originals if one was looking to attempt to line breed in the selected genetics

What traits are you interested in in 734 and whiskey.


If I were to lingered either one, I would make sure to use a son mated to a cow with size.


Whiskey can get pretty line bred depressed pretty fast especially since he already is.

Wouldn't you get quite a few instances of monkey mouth and spastic paresis with Whiskey?  He has so many boogies in closet it seems you better be ready to have a lot of failures to get something good.

GoWyo said:

Wouldn't you get quite a few instances of monkey mouth and spastic paresis with Whiskey?  He has so many boogies in closet it seems you better be ready to have a lot of failures to get something good.

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don't know if he has either even though he has cunia in him 10 million times.


whiskey does have PHA and a spectacular milk epd.

I guess I was just curious to see if it was worth the risk to try and develop some foundation females for breeding steers that were double bred 734 or Whiskey. She is Meyer granddaughter on paternal side and Whiskey granddaughter on the dam side.. would consider using a bull like Maternal Made or Macho to achieve this. Also if anyone has ever line bred these specific genetics I'd appreciate your input

Have you seen any steers that were bred how you are asking about?


What ones do you like and how are they bred?


What is missing from the ones you like?