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<blockquote data-quote="George Monk" data-source="post: 602811" data-attributes="member: 3545"><p>About 1/2 our herd is 7 yrs or better. In the last two years I have been culling the '94 models. We still have some left. Structurally most have done very well. Only one slipped a calf in her latter years due to a lame foot. We got the foot cured and she bred back so I took the opportunity to sell her. The vet at the sale barn mouthed and listed her as 7yrs old. (buyer beware) Makes me wonder how old my 7yr olds are? :? Most of them have produced 12 calves for us.</p><p>As the cows get aged I watch the udder as close as anything. Teeth don't seem to get to short. I learned from a sage old fellow to feed all my hay on its side so the bales fall apart rather than the cows have to rip the hay out. Not sure if this makes a difference but I THINK it does.</p><p></p><p>My goal as a producer is to get a purebred herd of angus and cross them with a herford bull and then sell the F1 heifers. My current thoughts are not to offer any heifers that are not from a cow of at least 5 maybe older. Gotta see how the logistics work when I get my herd built but I feel that as a producer of females I need to offer ones that have that staying power Dun is talking about.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="George Monk, post: 602811, member: 3545"] About 1/2 our herd is 7 yrs or better. In the last two years I have been culling the '94 models. We still have some left. Structurally most have done very well. Only one slipped a calf in her latter years due to a lame foot. We got the foot cured and she bred back so I took the opportunity to sell her. The vet at the sale barn mouthed and listed her as 7yrs old. (buyer beware) Makes me wonder how old my 7yr olds are? :? Most of them have produced 12 calves for us. As the cows get aged I watch the udder as close as anything. Teeth don't seem to get to short. I learned from a sage old fellow to feed all my hay on its side so the bales fall apart rather than the cows have to rip the hay out. Not sure if this makes a difference but I THINK it does. My goal as a producer is to get a purebred herd of angus and cross them with a herford bull and then sell the F1 heifers. My current thoughts are not to offer any heifers that are not from a cow of at least 5 maybe older. Gotta see how the logistics work when I get my herd built but I feel that as a producer of females I need to offer ones that have that staying power Dun is talking about. [/QUOTE]
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