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<blockquote data-quote="fenceman" data-source="post: 1265584" data-attributes="member: 23460"><p>My best and worst deals have come from messing with heifers.My worst was a oops Brangus heifer. I got in a private treaty deal with several cows. The man I bought from told me the bull had jumped the fence and he expected trouble. When time started getting close I left her in a big pasture , with heavy brush. I did start looking in on her every day.</p><p>On the day she didn't show up with the others. We started looking. It took us several hours to find her. She had been down in 100 heat all day. I was tired, hot, and kinda broke at the time. I panicked and made more mistakes. It was a total loss and a really bad deal.</p><p>Last year 10 years later I had a little char heifer I had bought at auction. Again a honest person had her preg.checked 7 months . She was small young and obviously a oops.</p><p>I bought her at slaughter price. Put her in a 7 acre pen by the house. Checked her several times a day. When she went into labor, after about a hour with no progress. We got her in the chute. With numerous pulls experience now, me and the wife calmly and successfully pulled the calf. Sold the calf about a month ago for what I paid for the cow. She's in My pasture now bred back. I could sell her today and be almost triple on my money.</p><p>Story told. My stance is bred heifers is a high risk high reward deal. If I'm paying big money. I'd rather have a cow with a calf or two behind her.</p><p>But if I can get those oops heifers at a good price I'll roll the dice. You need to have the facilities and the experience to pull the calf.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="fenceman, post: 1265584, member: 23460"] My best and worst deals have come from messing with heifers.My worst was a oops Brangus heifer. I got in a private treaty deal with several cows. The man I bought from told me the bull had jumped the fence and he expected trouble. When time started getting close I left her in a big pasture , with heavy brush. I did start looking in on her every day. On the day she didn't show up with the others. We started looking. It took us several hours to find her. She had been down in 100 heat all day. I was tired, hot, and kinda broke at the time. I panicked and made more mistakes. It was a total loss and a really bad deal. Last year 10 years later I had a little char heifer I had bought at auction. Again a honest person had her preg.checked 7 months . She was small young and obviously a oops. I bought her at slaughter price. Put her in a 7 acre pen by the house. Checked her several times a day. When she went into labor, after about a hour with no progress. We got her in the chute. With numerous pulls experience now, me and the wife calmly and successfully pulled the calf. Sold the calf about a month ago for what I paid for the cow. She's in My pasture now bred back. I could sell her today and be almost triple on my money. Story told. My stance is bred heifers is a high risk high reward deal. If I'm paying big money. I'd rather have a cow with a calf or two behind her. But if I can get those oops heifers at a good price I'll roll the dice. You need to have the facilities and the experience to pull the calf. [/QUOTE]
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