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<blockquote data-quote="ANAZAZI" data-source="post: 1261713" data-attributes="member: 7541"><p>The open cows are culls, young or old. Their daughters are not culled until they deserve it. It is a good cow until it becomes a cull, the same goes with its daughters. </p><p>To cull properly you need enough young cattle to replace the old. I keep all my heifers to calve once, then cull many, then they calve a second time and I cull more, and so on. The better they are the more calves they put in the herd before they are ultimately culled. </p><p></p><p>If a cow is not worth keeping replacements from, she is effectively decreasing the possible progress in the herd, because if she is replaced her replacement can start contributing to the heifer pen. Whatever heifer is better than a cow you don't like, even her daughters are better, if only to fill the spot for two or three years until they in turn can be replaced. </p><p></p><p>Cull bad luck, bad luck is a heritable trait. Do not ever make an excuse for a cow. </p><p>Do not keep open, late or dry cows.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ANAZAZI, post: 1261713, member: 7541"] The open cows are culls, young or old. Their daughters are not culled until they deserve it. It is a good cow until it becomes a cull, the same goes with its daughters. To cull properly you need enough young cattle to replace the old. I keep all my heifers to calve once, then cull many, then they calve a second time and I cull more, and so on. The better they are the more calves they put in the herd before they are ultimately culled. If a cow is not worth keeping replacements from, she is effectively decreasing the possible progress in the herd, because if she is replaced her replacement can start contributing to the heifer pen. Whatever heifer is better than a cow you don't like, even her daughters are better, if only to fill the spot for two or three years until they in turn can be replaced. Cull bad luck, bad luck is a heritable trait. Do not ever make an excuse for a cow. Do not keep open, late or dry cows. [/QUOTE]
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