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<blockquote data-quote="Ky hills" data-source="post: 1830450" data-attributes="member: 24816"><p>Yeah, older cows were pretty much what we bought. Tried to pay attention to udders as best I could but still ended up with one with a big bad udder, and a few that didn't milk well. Had to feed them extra. Just a lot of extra expense and work.</p><p>I know most don't agree, but we just like working with heifers. Buy them young they gentle down and settle into our management takes a lot of time to get a calf ready to sell but then they have the rest of their lives ahead of them.</p><p>We've had better success with starting out heifers as opposed to older cows. There's quite a bit of culling in both but the heifers that work last a lot longer.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ky hills, post: 1830450, member: 24816"] Yeah, older cows were pretty much what we bought. Tried to pay attention to udders as best I could but still ended up with one with a big bad udder, and a few that didn't milk well. Had to feed them extra. Just a lot of extra expense and work. I know most don't agree, but we just like working with heifers. Buy them young they gentle down and settle into our management takes a lot of time to get a calf ready to sell but then they have the rest of their lives ahead of them. We've had better success with starting out heifers as opposed to older cows. There’s quite a bit of culling in both but the heifers that work last a lot longer. [/QUOTE]
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