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Bottle calf! Some say I'm crazy...
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<blockquote data-quote="farmerjan" data-source="post: 1701991" data-attributes="member: 25884"><p>If I was there the old cow would have come home. Been going by the stock yard on Fridays more regular... to maybe pick up a few like the one you passed on. I don't see cull/pound cows coming down much in the next couple years with the ones that are being liquidated from drought areas....other than the normal cycling.... people are going to be eating hamburger when inflation starts getting the their wallets.... and some older farmers selling out. So an old "one and done" works good for me. And like the one I picked up a couple weeks ago... young cow with a 2+ week old calf by its side... she weighed barely 800 lbs...paid $800 for the pair..... turned out with the calf after some shots and tagging... won't put a bull in there until Nov so she will have some time to hopefully put a little weight on and grow a bit with only a calf on her and not one growing inside too. Might wean her current calf off early too... If she breeds back great, if not, she ought to gain some and can be turned over. </p><p>Hope you can get the calf on a bottle without too much fight. Maybe if the cow's udder wasn't too good, it will take to a bottle easier once it realizes there is actually good milk in it...</p><p>No cheap calves around here hardly.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="farmerjan, post: 1701991, member: 25884"] If I was there the old cow would have come home. Been going by the stock yard on Fridays more regular... to maybe pick up a few like the one you passed on. I don't see cull/pound cows coming down much in the next couple years with the ones that are being liquidated from drought areas....other than the normal cycling.... people are going to be eating hamburger when inflation starts getting the their wallets.... and some older farmers selling out. So an old "one and done" works good for me. And like the one I picked up a couple weeks ago... young cow with a 2+ week old calf by its side... she weighed barely 800 lbs...paid $800 for the pair..... turned out with the calf after some shots and tagging... won't put a bull in there until Nov so she will have some time to hopefully put a little weight on and grow a bit with only a calf on her and not one growing inside too. Might wean her current calf off early too... If she breeds back great, if not, she ought to gain some and can be turned over. Hope you can get the calf on a bottle without too much fight. Maybe if the cow's udder wasn't too good, it will take to a bottle easier once it realizes there is actually good milk in it... No cheap calves around here hardly. [/QUOTE]
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