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beef cow, open, 12 yrs old
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<blockquote data-quote="TheBullLady" data-source="post: 538154" data-attributes="member: 173"><p>If she's been a good cow, I guess your decision should be based on whether you can afford to keep an open cow. If you're a business as opposed to a "hobby" farm, then it's probably best to ship her, since she hasn't produced a calf this year. If she's a favorite and it's of no consideration her economic value, then she's probably worth keeping to see if she'll bred eventually.</p><p></p><p>Having said that, I held back a good cow with excellent bloodlines last year when she didn't get bred back with the rest of the herd, and she's fixin' to have a calf in the next 30 days or so. If she has a heifer calf it will have been a good decision, since I can likely get back the cost of holding the cow over ( for breeding stock) but if it's a bull calf, it probably will have cost me money to hold her.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheBullLady, post: 538154, member: 173"] If she's been a good cow, I guess your decision should be based on whether you can afford to keep an open cow. If you're a business as opposed to a "hobby" farm, then it's probably best to ship her, since she hasn't produced a calf this year. If she's a favorite and it's of no consideration her economic value, then she's probably worth keeping to see if she'll bred eventually. Having said that, I held back a good cow with excellent bloodlines last year when she didn't get bred back with the rest of the herd, and she's fixin' to have a calf in the next 30 days or so. If she has a heifer calf it will have been a good decision, since I can likely get back the cost of holding the cow over ( for breeding stock) but if it's a bull calf, it probably will have cost me money to hold her. [/QUOTE]
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