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<blockquote data-quote="Putangitangi" data-source="post: 503060" data-attributes="member: 5956"><p>Thank you all for your comments. You guys must breed hippo-thickness monsters. </p><p></p><p>While I have tight calving, excellent conception rates and cows which make it through the winter on little feed to grow calves which grow like rockets for sale for good prices as weaners which grow well for their buyers, I'll put up with a little narrowness and a touch of frailty in my cows. They are the animals which are working in this environment. The big heavy cattle fall apart from not enough feed and the little chunky ones don't generally have enough growth in them to create the calves I need for my market. The cows which remain and their daughters which grow fast enough to mate as yearlings, are those which have whatever it takes to do the job here.</p><p></p><p>Edit: The above being my attempt at recovering my own composure since my cattle met disapproval. There are a lot of views on this thread, so I hope it's been informative.</p><p>I started reading this forum for the pictures people posted of their own stock, rather than seeing only beautifully-posed and clipped pictures in catalogues, which rarely look like real cattle. I like my cows and will critically assess them in new ways according to the comments received.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Putangitangi, post: 503060, member: 5956"] Thank you all for your comments. You guys must breed hippo-thickness monsters. While I have tight calving, excellent conception rates and cows which make it through the winter on little feed to grow calves which grow like rockets for sale for good prices as weaners which grow well for their buyers, I'll put up with a little narrowness and a touch of frailty in my cows. They are the animals which are working in this environment. The big heavy cattle fall apart from not enough feed and the little chunky ones don't generally have enough growth in them to create the calves I need for my market. The cows which remain and their daughters which grow fast enough to mate as yearlings, are those which have whatever it takes to do the job here. Edit: The above being my attempt at recovering my own composure since my cattle met disapproval. There are a lot of views on this thread, so I hope it's been informative. I started reading this forum for the pictures people posted of their own stock, rather than seeing only beautifully-posed and clipped pictures in catalogues, which rarely look like real cattle. I like my cows and will critically assess them in new ways according to the comments received. [/QUOTE]
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