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<blockquote data-quote="Brute 23" data-source="post: 1766027" data-attributes="member: 6291"><p>If you never gamble a little on heifers that you keep... you never know what you have. If you wait to keep heifers out of only proven cows you won't get many heifers out of that mating. Especially with bulls going in and out 2 to 3 times per cow. </p><p></p><p>As an example I had a cow develope a questionable bag at around 11 or 12 several years back. It's hard to know the exact reason but I culled her when it got dry. It made me nervous because I had 3 or 4 heifers out of her in production. I just noted in my spreadsheet "watch bag". The oldest offspring has gotten up to around her age now and some of the others are getting close. They have no issues. Not sure of the different bull helped or if it was environmental or what. If it had shown in the next offspring I would have just cut the whole family. </p><p></p><p>We wouldn't have lost any thing on them at that point. They would have sold as breds through the auction barn and some one on here would have gotten rich on them. </p><p></p><p>It really mitigates your risk if you cull hard, stay with good bulls, and keep the herd as closed as possible. Even the "risks"... are drastically cut down.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brute 23, post: 1766027, member: 6291"] If you never gamble a little on heifers that you keep... you never know what you have. If you wait to keep heifers out of only proven cows you won't get many heifers out of that mating. Especially with bulls going in and out 2 to 3 times per cow. As an example I had a cow develope a questionable bag at around 11 or 12 several years back. It's hard to know the exact reason but I culled her when it got dry. It made me nervous because I had 3 or 4 heifers out of her in production. I just noted in my spreadsheet "watch bag". The oldest offspring has gotten up to around her age now and some of the others are getting close. They have no issues. Not sure of the different bull helped or if it was environmental or what. If it had shown in the next offspring I would have just cut the whole family. We wouldn't have lost any thing on them at that point. They would have sold as breds through the auction barn and some one on here would have gotten rich on them. It really mitigates your risk if you cull hard, stay with good bulls, and keep the herd as closed as possible. Even the "risks"... are drastically cut down. [/QUOTE]
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