[Jacob-list] breeding

[linda]

I will sometimes breed a father to his daughter just to see if there is a certain trait is 
going to take over.  For example, I bred my slipped eye patch ram (who has very light facial 
markings) to one of his daughters.  She was his only daughter who also had very light facial 
markings.  I wanted to see if that trait was going to be a real problem later on.  The lamb 
has big eye patches, almost a blaze face.  I realize that this is not enough of a sample to 
prove anything, but it does tell me that I am not going to get 100 % slipped eye patches from 
this line, which was my question.
I think you can do breeding like this IF and only if you are willing, as Gary says, to use the 
mistakes for freezer filler - ewes and rams.  Any lamb expressing a recessive defect should 
certainly not go into anyone's breeding population.  If the defect is known to be recessive 
and thus carried by both parents, you might also want to be a little careful using the 
parents.

Linda

On Fri, 06 Oct 2000 10:58:30 -0400, Gary Fay  wrote:
>Ms Mur[hy
>
>I can speak to mice, that is a common practice when selecting for a
>particular trait, so yes it can be done. The warning is that the
>offspring may be 'duller' than the parents, (less sharp, but how smart
>does a sheep have to be?) The other risk is any recessive gene/defect
>has an increased chance of expressing itself. (Which could be fine if
>you are in need of freezer filler...)
>
>Gary
>
>WireWorks wrote:
>
>> We are preparing to match our ewes with rams for the breeding season.
>> What is the feeling of breeding a ewe back to her sire? Are we looking
>> for problems? Also, what is the feeling of breeding a ewe to a ram
>> that share the same sire? Again, are we in for some problems. We have
>> two ewes that we don't have a non-related ram to breed with. Our other
>> ewes have non-related mates. Any help?DreamFarmDiana
>> Murphywireworks at globaldialog.comandmurphyhome@globaldialog.com
>
>
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