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<blockquote data-quote="creekdrive" data-source="post: 1319865" data-attributes="member: 21216"><p>My opinion - it's hard to go wrong keeping heifers out of old, proven, problem free cows. Almost all of our replacement heifers are chosen based on their mothers, rather than how great or fancy they look. Not that we will keep something that has a structural issue or is a total dink either. But we keep plenty of 'average' heifers from older cows. Most will last a long time and be as good, or hopefully (at least that is the goal) even better than their dam. We also don't have a problem keeping a heifer out of a heifer that is out of a really good cow. Some of the cow lines in the herd are pretty close to foolproof at this point.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I don't understand it at all, but there is plenty of guys who do it and seem to be happy about it. You'd always be starting over from scratch. To each their own though.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="creekdrive, post: 1319865, member: 21216"] My opinion - it's hard to go wrong keeping heifers out of old, proven, problem free cows. Almost all of our replacement heifers are chosen based on their mothers, rather than how great or fancy they look. Not that we will keep something that has a structural issue or is a total dink either. But we keep plenty of 'average' heifers from older cows. Most will last a long time and be as good, or hopefully (at least that is the goal) even better than their dam. We also don't have a problem keeping a heifer out of a heifer that is out of a really good cow. Some of the cow lines in the herd are pretty close to foolproof at this point. I don't understand it at all, but there is plenty of guys who do it and seem to be happy about it. You'd always be starting over from scratch. To each their own though. [/QUOTE]
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