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<blockquote data-quote="cow pollinater" data-source="post: 1163464" data-attributes="member: 14661"><p>If it effects their MATERNAL performance directly, then how can they perform well enough to stay in your herd? I understand how it effects the feedlot performance of the calf, but that is not the same as maternal performance. It is a giant leap from gentle calves perform better in a feedlot to gentle cows are better mothers.</p><p></p><p>I culled my worst cows this year because I was tired of not being able to walk away from my truck or horse on my own property but it had nothing to do with their ability to raise a calf as they were dang good at it! In fact that's why they stayed as long as they did and if cull prices weren't so good and I wasn't dealing with a historic drought they'd still be up there. There was not one cow in that bunch that ever missed but they were absolute head-hunters. :shock: I ran out of failures to cull and dipped into dispositions.</p><p></p><p>I like gentle cows as much as everyone else... I'm just saying that I see no evidence that they're better mothers. Some of them are and some of them aren't and the same holds true for the wild ones.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cow pollinater, post: 1163464, member: 14661"] If it effects their MATERNAL performance directly, then how can they perform well enough to stay in your herd? I understand how it effects the feedlot performance of the calf, but that is not the same as maternal performance. It is a giant leap from gentle calves perform better in a feedlot to gentle cows are better mothers. I culled my worst cows this year because I was tired of not being able to walk away from my truck or horse on my own property but it had nothing to do with their ability to raise a calf as they were dang good at it! In fact that's why they stayed as long as they did and if cull prices weren't so good and I wasn't dealing with a historic drought they'd still be up there. There was not one cow in that bunch that ever missed but they were absolute head-hunters. :shock: I ran out of failures to cull and dipped into dispositions. I like gentle cows as much as everyone else... I'm just saying that I see no evidence that they're better mothers. Some of them are and some of them aren't and the same holds true for the wild ones. [/QUOTE]
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