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<blockquote data-quote="Anonymous" data-source="post: 17204"><p>Retaining heifers that have lost a calf or even young cows that is one of those really tough questions. Can you buy an equal quality replacment for the kind of money she would bring. Baring in mind the costs of feeding the replacement until she calves. We retained one young cow that had her calf die. The vets are still baffled as to what the calf got that killed it so quickly. Fine one night, black crap pouring out of it's nose the next morning, dead that night even with antibiotics. She raises a superior calf and we couldn't replace her for what she would sell for. Older cows, or ones that slip a calf or loose a calf because of poor maternal instincts, no milk, those are the easy decisions to make. You need to put a pencil to it and see how the numbers work out. Our old granny cow that has been here forever slipped her calf. As soon as we work them back to the gathering pen she grows wheels.</p><p></p><p>dun</p><p></p><p>> With today's yearling prices you</p><p>> cannot afford to keep a heifer who</p><p>> has lost her calf. Should get</p><p>> about $850 out of a 950 lb calf.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 17204"] Retaining heifers that have lost a calf or even young cows that is one of those really tough questions. Can you buy an equal quality replacment for the kind of money she would bring. Baring in mind the costs of feeding the replacement until she calves. We retained one young cow that had her calf die. The vets are still baffled as to what the calf got that killed it so quickly. Fine one night, black crap pouring out of it's nose the next morning, dead that night even with antibiotics. She raises a superior calf and we couldn't replace her for what she would sell for. Older cows, or ones that slip a calf or loose a calf because of poor maternal instincts, no milk, those are the easy decisions to make. You need to put a pencil to it and see how the numbers work out. Our old granny cow that has been here forever slipped her calf. As soon as we work them back to the gathering pen she grows wheels. dun > With today's yearling prices you > cannot afford to keep a heifer who > has lost her calf. Should get > about $850 out of a 950 lb calf. [/QUOTE]
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