cyclone38 said:
So I will throw this question into the mix then. I have a 3/4 Charolais heifer that has turned out to be really nice looking and am excited about what she can do. I bought her off a neighbor as a bottle calf and he bred her using a purebred bull that they never registered as a purebred and bred her to a Charolais x Angus cow. The question is, with all the genetic testing that is available, can you do the testing and have her genetics looked at and then registered??
NO. To be Registered in the Charolais Assoc- the heifer would have had to come out of papered stock. For example. If the dam was recorded at 7/8 and bred to registered purebred bull, then the offspring, a 15/16 animal would be Registered if a Female and Recorded if a male. Males have to be 31/31 to be Registered. Females 15/16.
If in your scenario- you could get the breeders of the purebred sire to register the bull, your heifer could then be RECORD as a half blood. If the dam's dam was Registered and the sire of your heifer was Registered, then you could RECORD her as a 3/4.
If neither the sire of your heifer nor the dam's dam were Registered, then there is NO WAY you can Register her- she is not even eligible to be recorded.