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<blockquote data-quote="Travlr" data-source="post: 1793991" data-attributes="member: 42463"><p>And I agree with everything you say... with some reservations.</p><p></p><p>I'm not even sure that my (and perhaps your) idea of "stunted" is the same as the OP's idea. In the pics I saw thin cows, but nothing I would call stunted. And he said he'd done a heavy cull... so are we going to assume he kept cows that didn't grow? He did say some of his cows were the size of yearlings, but does that mean height, weight, or what? With skinny cows they could weigh a lot less than they should, and be the same "size" as yearlings.</p><p></p><p>Basically we need more information.</p><p></p><p>If he's not retaining heifers and all he has is experienced cows, and will be feeding up his skinny cows to make them more fertile and will be breeding them in May/June for a spring calving season, his cows will be far more healthy by the time they calve. If he's looking to retain heifers as replacements, calving ease may not be the best advice. Or it might be better advice than mine... but we don't know. I wish the OP was more talkative.</p><p></p><p>OP... [USER=42999]@pfaubush[/USER]... how about some pics of your "stunted" cows alongside any that aren't stunted?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Travlr, post: 1793991, member: 42463"] And I agree with everything you say... with some reservations. I'm not even sure that my (and perhaps your) idea of "stunted" is the same as the OP's idea. In the pics I saw thin cows, but nothing I would call stunted. And he said he'd done a heavy cull... so are we going to assume he kept cows that didn't grow? He did say some of his cows were the size of yearlings, but does that mean height, weight, or what? With skinny cows they could weigh a lot less than they should, and be the same "size" as yearlings. Basically we need more information. If he's not retaining heifers and all he has is experienced cows, and will be feeding up his skinny cows to make them more fertile and will be breeding them in May/June for a spring calving season, his cows will be far more healthy by the time they calve. If he's looking to retain heifers as replacements, calving ease may not be the best advice. Or it might be better advice than mine... but we don't know. I wish the OP was more talkative. OP... [USER=42999]@pfaubush[/USER]... how about some pics of your "stunted" cows alongside any that aren't stunted? [/QUOTE]
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