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3rd Time is NOT a Charm
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<blockquote data-quote="Lee VanRoss" data-source="post: 1788247" data-attributes="member: 40072"><p>I have no dog under this tree but I have not pulled a calf in well over 20 years. Yes I know my luck could change in the next 60 days.</p><p>To the extent possible I try to buy bulls from cows 6 years or older. As I have stated before I only keep heifers born in the 1st calving cycle.</p><p>If a cow has a calf in the 2nd cycle I may keep her but she will never be selected for replacement purposes. There is no 3rd cycle.</p><p>I try to select bulls with low birth and weaning weights and above average year weight. Low milk EPD is also a prerequisite.</p><p>A big dead calf has a terrible weaning weight and to what avail is 550 weaning weight if 200 of those pounds are off the mother and her</p><p>BC is contributing to the reason she is going to calf a month later next year? On vets, Yes, Use them when you need them. I had some </p><p>pneumonia apparently blew in last year and we caught it in time with some of them running 106-7 degree temperatures. I am most</p><p>grateful but I don't need to pay a vet to stand behind a heifer to tell my she can have a calf or no. </p><p></p><p>On a personal note, I have used and enjoyed these pages for a couple of years or more and appreciate and respect a considerable </p><p>number the good folks I have had the pleasure of engaging ideas whether I agreed in totality or not.</p><p>It has come to the point that CT is so inundated with advertising coming across my screen that I find it most annoying.</p><p>I am a bit like Call in that regard in that "I hate rude behavior in a man'' </p><p></p><p>I will probably make some adjustments. LVR</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lee VanRoss, post: 1788247, member: 40072"] I have no dog under this tree but I have not pulled a calf in well over 20 years. Yes I know my luck could change in the next 60 days. To the extent possible I try to buy bulls from cows 6 years or older. As I have stated before I only keep heifers born in the 1st calving cycle. If a cow has a calf in the 2nd cycle I may keep her but she will never be selected for replacement purposes. There is no 3rd cycle. I try to select bulls with low birth and weaning weights and above average year weight. Low milk EPD is also a prerequisite. A big dead calf has a terrible weaning weight and to what avail is 550 weaning weight if 200 of those pounds are off the mother and her BC is contributing to the reason she is going to calf a month later next year? On vets, Yes, Use them when you need them. I had some pneumonia apparently blew in last year and we caught it in time with some of them running 106-7 degree temperatures. I am most grateful but I don't need to pay a vet to stand behind a heifer to tell my she can have a calf or no. On a personal note, I have used and enjoyed these pages for a couple of years or more and appreciate and respect a considerable number the good folks I have had the pleasure of engaging ideas whether I agreed in totality or not. It has come to the point that CT is so inundated with advertising coming across my screen that I find it most annoying. I am a bit like Call in that regard in that "I hate rude behavior in a man'' I will probably make some adjustments. LVR [/QUOTE]
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