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<blockquote data-quote="Lannie" data-source="post: 1676589" data-attributes="member: 8202"><p>I apologize for resurrecting such an old thread, but I've been gone from the forum for years and just found my way back. I thought, if anyone was interested, I'd update this thread. So many of you were so helpful to me in trying to figure out what to do with my beautiful little heifer... <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>Turned out, our hay guy wanted her, and traded us hay for heifer. He put her in with his small (8 to 10) cow beef herd, and she calved a sturdy bull calf. She had plenty of milk (no surprise there!) and raised the biggest calf of the year for him. He kept her and she raised on average 2 to 4 calves for him every summer. She ended up making a very good amount of milk and he was able to pick up extra calves to put on her each year, so she not only paid her way, she made him extra money, too. Yay for "little" Sammi!</p><p></p><p>She was so tame (and frankly, I think our hay guy spoils his girls as much as I do), he could go out in the pasture and just call her and she'd come running. He always gave her a little treat, but then she'd stand there and let him scratch her ears and love on her. He said she was a GREAT little momma cow, and the friendliest he'd ever had.</p><p></p><p>However, he lost her a couple years back. She had some kind of cancer, and couldn't be saved. So sad, but she had a happy, productive life, and I'm happy for that. Meanwhile, he had such a good experience with Sammi, he now takes all our heifers (we still trade for hay). I guess you could say I have a beef herd, but they live with our hay guy, LOL! My girl Cricket, who's now 13 years old, has given us a heifer every year except for one, and the hay guy has taken all of them, plus any heifers from our other girls. Bandit passed away from a twisted gut in 2015, but I have one of Bandit's other daughters, and one of Cricket's daughters that I kept. I just keep getting older, but I do love my girls, and I'll have cows until the day I die. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>It's good to be back, by the way!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lannie, post: 1676589, member: 8202"] I apologize for resurrecting such an old thread, but I've been gone from the forum for years and just found my way back. I thought, if anyone was interested, I'd update this thread. So many of you were so helpful to me in trying to figure out what to do with my beautiful little heifer... :) Turned out, our hay guy wanted her, and traded us hay for heifer. He put her in with his small (8 to 10) cow beef herd, and she calved a sturdy bull calf. She had plenty of milk (no surprise there!) and raised the biggest calf of the year for him. He kept her and she raised on average 2 to 4 calves for him every summer. She ended up making a very good amount of milk and he was able to pick up extra calves to put on her each year, so she not only paid her way, she made him extra money, too. Yay for "little" Sammi! She was so tame (and frankly, I think our hay guy spoils his girls as much as I do), he could go out in the pasture and just call her and she'd come running. He always gave her a little treat, but then she'd stand there and let him scratch her ears and love on her. He said she was a GREAT little momma cow, and the friendliest he'd ever had. However, he lost her a couple years back. She had some kind of cancer, and couldn't be saved. So sad, but she had a happy, productive life, and I'm happy for that. Meanwhile, he had such a good experience with Sammi, he now takes all our heifers (we still trade for hay). I guess you could say I have a beef herd, but they live with our hay guy, LOL! My girl Cricket, who's now 13 years old, has given us a heifer every year except for one, and the hay guy has taken all of them, plus any heifers from our other girls. Bandit passed away from a twisted gut in 2015, but I have one of Bandit's other daughters, and one of Cricket's daughters that I kept. I just keep getting older, but I do love my girls, and I'll have cows until the day I die. :) It's good to be back, by the way! [/QUOTE]
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