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<blockquote data-quote="MY" data-source="post: 373811" data-attributes="member: 1649"><p>TNCowman, sounds like we have about the same luck. Seems like with my small operation I can't get away with anything. Mr. Murphy (the guy who created the law) is always out at my place. </p><p></p><p>Trees blown over and flattened fence, cattle in the creek: CHECK</p><p>Broken pipe on waterer: CHECK</p><p>Cows finding ways out of good, tight, 6 wire fence: CHECK</p><p>Aborted calf: Check</p><p>Prolapse:Check</p><p>Paralyzed rear end after 1st calf: CHECK</p><p></p><p>The list goes on, you get the picture. What amazes me is one of the largest seedstock breeders in the west is not too far from me, and leased 80 acres of pasture adjacent to mine for a couple years. In short, I got to watch the operation pretty closely. They've got fence that any bovine with a little gumption could get out of with ease, yet they seem content to stay in pasture. They kept 50 or 60 head on that place next to me, and never a problem with a calf, fence, or anything as near as I can recall. I think the difference with nearly all of the problems between the larger very well bred herd and mine with less than a dozen head (except the first 2 issues which were bad luck) is genetics. A good number of sale barn cattle are there for a reason. I'm buying commercial cattle now by private treaty and don't have as many of those issues.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MY, post: 373811, member: 1649"] TNCowman, sounds like we have about the same luck. Seems like with my small operation I can't get away with anything. Mr. Murphy (the guy who created the law) is always out at my place. Trees blown over and flattened fence, cattle in the creek: CHECK Broken pipe on waterer: CHECK Cows finding ways out of good, tight, 6 wire fence: CHECK Aborted calf: Check Prolapse:Check Paralyzed rear end after 1st calf: CHECK The list goes on, you get the picture. What amazes me is one of the largest seedstock breeders in the west is not too far from me, and leased 80 acres of pasture adjacent to mine for a couple years. In short, I got to watch the operation pretty closely. They've got fence that any bovine with a little gumption could get out of with ease, yet they seem content to stay in pasture. They kept 50 or 60 head on that place next to me, and never a problem with a calf, fence, or anything as near as I can recall. I think the difference with nearly all of the problems between the larger very well bred herd and mine with less than a dozen head (except the first 2 issues which were bad luck) is genetics. A good number of sale barn cattle are there for a reason. I'm buying commercial cattle now by private treaty and don't have as many of those issues. [/QUOTE]
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