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<blockquote data-quote="Nesikep" data-source="post: 1120472" data-attributes="member: 9096"><p>I would have guess that... a really nice calf... Skyhightree, did you see the vid I posted of the cow with the GIANT bag? She's a bonerack too, with big hips, but she's had the first calf 6 times out of 9. </p><p></p><p>I like keeping my own replacements because I have a better idea what I'm going to get.. they may not always be better than what I could buy, but what I could buy and would actually come home with may not be the same cow (or calf). I've seen lots of my calves look pretty skookum at weaning, and by the time they have their first calf, don't look like much anymore.</p><p></p><p>I'm finding too that I'm slowly culling entire maternal lines.. we started with 18 cows, I'm down to offspring of 6 right now, and 2 of those are getting older and i'm probably not keeping anything from them.</p><p></p><p>If I were in a position to need to buy cows, perhaps I'd get a few that tickle my fancy from an auction, but I would probably also get cows from some old guy who's been doing it all his life and has a good herd.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nesikep, post: 1120472, member: 9096"] I would have guess that... a really nice calf... Skyhightree, did you see the vid I posted of the cow with the GIANT bag? She's a bonerack too, with big hips, but she's had the first calf 6 times out of 9. I like keeping my own replacements because I have a better idea what I'm going to get.. they may not always be better than what I could buy, but what I could buy and would actually come home with may not be the same cow (or calf). I've seen lots of my calves look pretty skookum at weaning, and by the time they have their first calf, don't look like much anymore. I'm finding too that I'm slowly culling entire maternal lines.. we started with 18 cows, I'm down to offspring of 6 right now, and 2 of those are getting older and i'm probably not keeping anything from them. If I were in a position to need to buy cows, perhaps I'd get a few that tickle my fancy from an auction, but I would probably also get cows from some old guy who's been doing it all his life and has a good herd. [/QUOTE]
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