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<blockquote data-quote="1848" data-source="post: 306194" data-attributes="member: 1303"><p>Roadapple,</p><p></p><p>I would think this was a Donor cow, and age may have nothing to do with the number of her offspring. When you flush an animal you "should" be flushing an animal that is an exception in their herd and has proven herself over time (which would lean towards an older female), but I have seen heifers and very young females flushed because of what is on paper or what they "assume" the animal should potentially do...or it's just because she won a national championship! ;-)</p><p></p><p>Sometimes this practice works, but more often it does not. There are allot of females out there being flushed that should never be considered as candadites. I think it takes the 7 to 8 years to prove the "entire" package, so why would breeders want to ship them at this point, I just don't understand it. Making money is one thing (and the calves on the older cows will do that)...but repeatedly breeding unproven lines of stock due to never keeping an animal long enough to get an honest evaluation is another. I'm sure they look good on paper though! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /> ;-)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="1848, post: 306194, member: 1303"] Roadapple, I would think this was a Donor cow, and age may have nothing to do with the number of her offspring. When you flush an animal you "should" be flushing an animal that is an exception in their herd and has proven herself over time (which would lean towards an older female), but I have seen heifers and very young females flushed because of what is on paper or what they "assume" the animal should potentially do...or it's just because she won a national championship! ;-) Sometimes this practice works, but more often it does not. There are allot of females out there being flushed that should never be considered as candadites. I think it takes the 7 to 8 years to prove the "entire" package, so why would breeders want to ship them at this point, I just don't understand it. Making money is one thing (and the calves on the older cows will do that)...but repeatedly breeding unproven lines of stock due to never keeping an animal long enough to get an honest evaluation is another. I'm sure they look good on paper though! :P ;-) [/QUOTE]
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