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<blockquote data-quote="backhoeboogie" data-source="post: 887693" data-attributes="member: 3162"><p>More like a rough year. </p><p></p><p>I have not heard from Calman and it concerns me. </p><p></p><p>"Doggie" in "Get along lil doggie" is the pronunciation I grew up with. Folks love to correct me in this forum. I know of no one who calls them doagies but I don't live out in Arizona or California either. Apparently that is what they call 'em based on what's been said here. If we were conversing at the sale barn and one of them used that pronunciation, I would know what they meant, wouldn't correct them, and I wouldn't be offended in any way - whether its been a rough day or not. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> I simply don't care but have been corrected over and over here. </p><p></p><p>I know a widow who runs nurse cows. She turns a profit every year. The big boys call her when they have an orphan. She gets some given to her. Things like someone loses a cow, its Monday and the sale is not for a few days. They aint got time to mess with it. Gasoline and time to haul it just aint worth the effort. If someone has a high dollar calf they need supplemented, she'll do that for a fee too. Every vet within 100 miles knows of her and she gets a lot of referrals. It is pretty much all she does besides quilting and canning wonderful jellies. She makes a very nice living and has good facilities for it. </p><p></p><p>If I am going the bottle route, panels go up. The calves each go into their own chute. Bottles are dopped in racks. They are then collected and washed a bit later and then staged on towels for the next feeding. If I am doing it, I would just as soon do several versus a few. It is a twice a day commitment. </p><p></p><p>Nurse cows are the most profitable route I know of for commercial cattle. Don't know of a single "wealthy" person using them. If someone is going that route, it is going to be best to buy beef calves split off of aged cows at the sale barn. </p><p></p><p>My nurse cows earn me more nickels than anything else in the pasture. That's fact.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="backhoeboogie, post: 887693, member: 3162"] More like a rough year. I have not heard from Calman and it concerns me. "Doggie" in "Get along lil doggie" is the pronunciation I grew up with. Folks love to correct me in this forum. I know of no one who calls them doagies but I don't live out in Arizona or California either. Apparently that is what they call 'em based on what's been said here. If we were conversing at the sale barn and one of them used that pronunciation, I would know what they meant, wouldn't correct them, and I wouldn't be offended in any way - whether its been a rough day or not. :D I simply don't care but have been corrected over and over here. I know a widow who runs nurse cows. She turns a profit every year. The big boys call her when they have an orphan. She gets some given to her. Things like someone loses a cow, its Monday and the sale is not for a few days. They aint got time to mess with it. Gasoline and time to haul it just aint worth the effort. If someone has a high dollar calf they need supplemented, she'll do that for a fee too. Every vet within 100 miles knows of her and she gets a lot of referrals. It is pretty much all she does besides quilting and canning wonderful jellies. She makes a very nice living and has good facilities for it. If I am going the bottle route, panels go up. The calves each go into their own chute. Bottles are dopped in racks. They are then collected and washed a bit later and then staged on towels for the next feeding. If I am doing it, I would just as soon do several versus a few. It is a twice a day commitment. Nurse cows are the most profitable route I know of for commercial cattle. Don't know of a single "wealthy" person using them. If someone is going that route, it is going to be best to buy beef calves split off of aged cows at the sale barn. My nurse cows earn me more nickels than anything else in the pasture. That's fact. [/QUOTE]
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