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<blockquote data-quote="MoGal" data-source="post: 103799" data-attributes="member: 1346"><p>First of all I'd like to say "Good Luck" to you.</p><p></p><p>I hadn't been around cows for many years and got back in last December. My goal also is to have 50 cows in the next 4 1/2 years (when I turn age 50). Going slow is the best I think and be very selective, quality over guantity.</p><p></p><p>For myself, I've gotton commercial cows (mostly charx) and although I've bought several bulls and put them into a lease program, I'm most excited about a registered red poll bull I am buying (he was just born late April, so as you can see I'm thinking ahead to next year). I'm retaining my heifer calves (all 4 of them, ha ha) plus have bought 4 weaning heifers. I figure all good things come to those that wait and I don't mind waiting another 18 months before I realize any real progress.</p><p></p><p>At the present time, I've got 5 bottle calves and will be getting another one within a couple of weeks (cow has prolapsed and will be sold soon after calf's birth).</p><p></p><p>As many have said before, get something that YOU enjoy looking at in the pasture. For me its those yellow/gold colored char cross cows. They are gentle, good natured, docile girls and easy to work around, good mothers and raise a good calf.</p><p></p><p>I have to laugh when I go out and call em up.... I mean the race is on and they come running. If I'm in an adjacent pasture calling up a different set of cows, mine will come to the edge of their fence and start bawling.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MoGal, post: 103799, member: 1346"] First of all I'd like to say "Good Luck" to you. I hadn't been around cows for many years and got back in last December. My goal also is to have 50 cows in the next 4 1/2 years (when I turn age 50). Going slow is the best I think and be very selective, quality over guantity. For myself, I've gotton commercial cows (mostly charx) and although I've bought several bulls and put them into a lease program, I'm most excited about a registered red poll bull I am buying (he was just born late April, so as you can see I'm thinking ahead to next year). I'm retaining my heifer calves (all 4 of them, ha ha) plus have bought 4 weaning heifers. I figure all good things come to those that wait and I don't mind waiting another 18 months before I realize any real progress. At the present time, I've got 5 bottle calves and will be getting another one within a couple of weeks (cow has prolapsed and will be sold soon after calf's birth). As many have said before, get something that YOU enjoy looking at in the pasture. For me its those yellow/gold colored char cross cows. They are gentle, good natured, docile girls and easy to work around, good mothers and raise a good calf. I have to laugh when I go out and call em up.... I mean the race is on and they come running. If I'm in an adjacent pasture calling up a different set of cows, mine will come to the edge of their fence and start bawling. [/QUOTE]
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