The average age of both Herefords and Angus is 9 years according to the AHA, and a black-baldie lasts 11 on average. No, I can't produce the proof immediately, I just read that in material promoting black-baldies.Fallfish":3r4of7ny said:Just an overview question.
What is the average production life span of a brood cow?
In that line, what is the most extreme age you have ever heard of or owned?
This stems from a friendly debate....so I seek out the oracle of Cattle-Today!
sidney411":26owsdau said:The average age of our herd is 5-6 right now. The oldest cow we had died last year, she was a Holstein from the old Dairy that was dispersed in 1986. We don't know exactly w how old she was because we couldn't read her tatoo anymore and her bangs tag was missing, but I assume she was around 20. She had a calf every year until the last year she lost it, she was very frail so we out her in a small area behind the house since she had lost her place as herd matriarc. She went down in a sleet storm and never got back up.![]()
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We all cried.
Fallfish":3osua8nl said:Just an overview question.
What is the average production life span of a brood cow?
In that line, what is the most extreme age you have ever heard of or owned?
This stems from a friendly debate....so I seek out the oracle of Cattle-Today!
hillbilly":ll9nkxgp said:Fallfish":ll9nkxgp said:Just an overview question.
What is the average production life span of a brood cow?
In that line, what is the most extreme age you have ever heard of or owned?
This stems from a friendly debate....so I seek out the oracle of Cattle-Today!
Different breeds tend to last different number of years.
There are exceptions to every rule, but here goes, IMHO.
British= 10 years
Contenintal=12 years
Brahma X = 14 years
They would have to exceptional cows to hold beyond 7 years.
I believe the best plan is to raise replacements for 1/6 th of your herd every year. That way your culls are no older than 7 years old.
We do keep good ones longer, and poor ones shorter
Hillbilly
txshowmom":1zsmau95 said:I would say average for us would be around 12 years. We have some that are over 20 and still have a calf every year. Thoses are the exception.
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