Justin69.o
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What do you need and what do you do to register calves as maintainers or shorthorn pluses? ???
iowabeef said:I believe for shorthorn plus registration, one of the parents must be registered purebred shorthorn
Justin69.o said:so if i use MERCEDES BENZ from ABS global do i just call and ask them for papers on him? also must i get papers and send them into the national main organization?
feed grass said:37.5 is more than 25, which is equal to 1/4,
and 1/4 is less than 3/8 which is equal to 37.5.
???
Most clubby bulls are also papered as Mainetainer-- so you might get a few % points from that side of the pedigree as well.
here's a nice chart for you to look and see what you'd get.
http://www.maine-anjou.org/upgrade.html
B/c I'm not a Maine person- I also checked the chart out- and was wrong- in which if one parent is NOT registered as a maine deal-- then you cannot paper calves if the other parent is not registered as more than a half blood, I had forgot about the 3/8 deal.
I will say though, that it's pretty dang hard to find a show type animal that is not papered as a Maine- not as easy to find as one that will go Chi-- but still not very hard.
----right I looked it up last week and didn't see where it says about the 3/8 x 0. The bull in question is "eye candy" I found him on the Maine site but it says he is 0% Maine.
feed grass said:with such crossed up deals-- why even worry about a paper? The goal of an appendix or upgrading program should be to eventually reach purebred status-- not just continue breeding mutts to mutts and paying the associations to get a piece of paper on a mutt.
Like I said, you'd be able to paper that calf as a Chi-- I would guess. Everything goes chi.
The next question is why should you be allowed to register that calf- if it's dam is 3/8 Maine- and it's sire is 0%? Clearly, the maine blood is in such a small amount- it's not going to be expressed- and your calf will not be-- a Maine... Your 3/8 deal doesn't even have a GRANDPARENT who's a Maine-- so in your eyes-- will an animal who has ONE great- grandparent who's a Maine-- deserve to be registered as a MAINE?
iowabeef said:I believe for shorthorn plus registration, one of the parents must be registered purebred shorthorn
iowabeef said:iowabeef said:I believe for shorthorn plus registration, one of the parents must be registered purebred shorthorn
I didn't realize that the rules for showing shorthorn plus and registering shorty plus are different.
Here is what the shorthorn association states about shoring shorthorn plus and that is what I was referring to.
Eligibility for Shows:
feed grass said:iowabeef said:iowabeef said:I believe for shorthorn plus registration, one of the parents must be registered purebred shorthorn
I didn't realize that the rules for showing shorthorn plus and registering shorty plus are different.
Here is what the shorthorn association states about shoring shorthorn plus and that is what I was referring to.
Eligibility for Shows:
KEY WORDS... they asked about registering-- not being eligible for shows...
Refer to the chart I provided a link to. In that according to it- a Shorthorn plus can be as low as 1/4 blood-- and last time I checked-- by no way possible will a purebred parent produce a 25% offspring...
That really depends on what you think $30 is worth. But that is just for your membership, calf registration fees aren't included. It was more beneficial to me to register when I was a junior and already have my herd prefix picked out and the program my cattle would be under through the association (ask someone in the association about them. You choose from 2 choices) And I have cattle registered under my name so by the time I was old enough to pay my adult dues, all of my information was there and I had a herd to work on and improve.Justin69.o said:Thanks for the info so if i'm 15 and i have 2 calves that could go maintainer next year would it be worth it or how many do i need for it to be worth the 30 bucks