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<blockquote data-quote="chippie" data-source="post: 528019" data-attributes="member: 5644"><p>Ok, my children have kept scramble calf recordbooks where they have to keep a running tally of what the heifer costs them. The recommended fee for our area for pasture and hay is $3.00 per day. That includes taxes paid on our land, pasture improvements, cost of hay, either rental or land payments.</p><p></p><p>9 months is roughly 270 days. Multiply that times $3.00 = $810.00. Add in veterinary care for the cow, vaccinations and deworming. I am not including feed. As you see the farmer has quite a bit invested in just keeping his cow. How much are you willing to pay to lease a cow?</p><p></p><p>The only way you will find if a cow owner will do what you want is to go ask the cow owner yourself.</p><p></p><p>I don't know why you don't buy your own cows. It would be cheaper for you in the long run.</p><p></p><p>If you do find someone, be sure to have a contract specifying who is responsible for paying what. For example, what if the cow should have to have a c-section? Just because you bred to a low birthweight bull does not guarantee that the calf can not be breech. Who would be responsible for the vet bills? What if the cow should die?</p><p></p><p>Honestly, you could be opening a big can of worms and end up paying a lot of money and not have anything to show for it. If you owned your own cows, at least you would have them.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Because you can use a bull and not bother with AI, or if you do AI like we do, you can buy semen from a 5 figure bull for about $12.00 a straw and you end up with a full size beef - not a mini or dwarf looking animal.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chippie, post: 528019, member: 5644"] Ok, my children have kept scramble calf recordbooks where they have to keep a running tally of what the heifer costs them. The recommended fee for our area for pasture and hay is $3.00 per day. That includes taxes paid on our land, pasture improvements, cost of hay, either rental or land payments. 9 months is roughly 270 days. Multiply that times $3.00 = $810.00. Add in veterinary care for the cow, vaccinations and deworming. I am not including feed. As you see the farmer has quite a bit invested in just keeping his cow. How much are you willing to pay to lease a cow? The only way you will find if a cow owner will do what you want is to go ask the cow owner yourself. I don't know why you don't buy your own cows. It would be cheaper for you in the long run. If you do find someone, be sure to have a contract specifying who is responsible for paying what. For example, what if the cow should have to have a c-section? Just because you bred to a low birthweight bull does not guarantee that the calf can not be breech. Who would be responsible for the vet bills? What if the cow should die? Honestly, you could be opening a big can of worms and end up paying a lot of money and not have anything to show for it. If you owned your own cows, at least you would have them. Because you can use a bull and not bother with AI, or if you do AI like we do, you can buy semen from a 5 figure bull for about $12.00 a straw and you end up with a full size beef - not a mini or dwarf looking animal. [/QUOTE]
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