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<blockquote data-quote="Nesikep" data-source="post: 1431104" data-attributes="member: 9096"><p>The more cows and calves you look at and watch grow, the earlier you can start to see which ones are promising... This year I had one that I thought looked really good at birth, and now at 3 months she's just an average calf that I've decided against keeping... I think by about 2 months you start to see how they develop and can get reasonable reliability.. You can always speculate right from birth, but until they're eating grass, there are just some that will do better or worse.. the longer you wait, the more accurate you'll be.</p><p>I've also had some that looked great at weaning time, but once they were off milk they just fell apart</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nesikep, post: 1431104, member: 9096"] The more cows and calves you look at and watch grow, the earlier you can start to see which ones are promising... This year I had one that I thought looked really good at birth, and now at 3 months she's just an average calf that I've decided against keeping... I think by about 2 months you start to see how they develop and can get reasonable reliability.. You can always speculate right from birth, but until they're eating grass, there are just some that will do better or worse.. the longer you wait, the more accurate you'll be. I've also had some that looked great at weaning time, but once they were off milk they just fell apart [/QUOTE]
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