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<blockquote data-quote="Victoria" data-source="post: 324058" data-attributes="member: 1258"><p>This is the way I think of it.</p><p></p><p>The last male calf we had break a leg we got between $750 and $800 for. The vet for total casting expenses was about $300. Then we have feed for the cow etc and yes the profit was almost all gone. BUT shooting the calf would have meant $0 profit on the calf, selling the cow would have made that up but she was an older cow that in the long run was worth nothing to sell and was going to continue having good calves for a few more years if she stayed so not worth shipping her to get the extra money.</p><p>I don't trust my abilities to cast a leg and get it perfectly straight and not have the calf have any limp or straightening problems. We sell in a select sale, a broken perfectly healed leg is allowed, a gimp is not. To sell the calf with a limp on a regular sale day would mean more than a $300. loss. </p><p></p><p>We've had the two broken legs I remember. One the cow was bought as a bred heifer and was such an idiot that she stepped on it herself when she was trying to get it up. The later one was an older cow. I was putting out straw after a large amount of snow. She tucked her baby into one of the straw piles and another cow stepped on the leg. It happens more in cold weather when they try to pile together for body heat.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Victoria, post: 324058, member: 1258"] This is the way I think of it. The last male calf we had break a leg we got between $750 and $800 for. The vet for total casting expenses was about $300. Then we have feed for the cow etc and yes the profit was almost all gone. BUT shooting the calf would have meant $0 profit on the calf, selling the cow would have made that up but she was an older cow that in the long run was worth nothing to sell and was going to continue having good calves for a few more years if she stayed so not worth shipping her to get the extra money. I don't trust my abilities to cast a leg and get it perfectly straight and not have the calf have any limp or straightening problems. We sell in a select sale, a broken perfectly healed leg is allowed, a gimp is not. To sell the calf with a limp on a regular sale day would mean more than a $300. loss. We've had the two broken legs I remember. One the cow was bought as a bred heifer and was such an idiot that she stepped on it herself when she was trying to get it up. The later one was an older cow. I was putting out straw after a large amount of snow. She tucked her baby into one of the straw piles and another cow stepped on the leg. It happens more in cold weather when they try to pile together for body heat. [/QUOTE]
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