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<blockquote data-quote="Big Cheese" data-source="post: 1485892" data-attributes="member: 23385"><p>All of our cows are average to above average to great cows. If they aren't they are culled out and replaced. We have been picking through our herd for 4 years now retaining and replacing and we have very few cows that don't produce really good calves. Now we have some cows that are getting age on them and are at the point of culling and we also have some young cows that aren't producing like they should. We are picking and choosing as they come.</p><p></p><p>I said in my earlier post that we have been keeping all of our heifers because we are wanting to get our numbers up so we are keeping all shape and sizes. What I was saying by the "Smaller" heifer instead of your biggest and best is that the smaller heifer will eventually become a good size cow if you give it time. You will probably have to put it with a bull at 2.5 years instead of 2 but if you wait they will become a great cow. Also, a bigger cow does not always mean better calves i've seen it happen a lot. I had a cow that weighed 1300 pounds and she was raising calves that barely weighed 400 pounds and not having calves on time....we had 750 pound longhorns that were raising calves 500+ so she wasn't what we wanted....she is no longer with our herd.....lol I got a good bit of money for her though when I sold her!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Big Cheese, post: 1485892, member: 23385"] All of our cows are average to above average to great cows. If they aren't they are culled out and replaced. We have been picking through our herd for 4 years now retaining and replacing and we have very few cows that don't produce really good calves. Now we have some cows that are getting age on them and are at the point of culling and we also have some young cows that aren't producing like they should. We are picking and choosing as they come. I said in my earlier post that we have been keeping all of our heifers because we are wanting to get our numbers up so we are keeping all shape and sizes. What I was saying by the "Smaller" heifer instead of your biggest and best is that the smaller heifer will eventually become a good size cow if you give it time. You will probably have to put it with a bull at 2.5 years instead of 2 but if you wait they will become a great cow. Also, a bigger cow does not always mean better calves i've seen it happen a lot. I had a cow that weighed 1300 pounds and she was raising calves that barely weighed 400 pounds and not having calves on time....we had 750 pound longhorns that were raising calves 500+ so she wasn't what we wanted....she is no longer with our herd.....lol I got a good bit of money for her though when I sold her! [/QUOTE]
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