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<blockquote data-quote="backhoeboogie" data-source="post: 556732" data-attributes="member: 3162"><p>I agree if you are using a bottle, and as a rule. </p><p></p><p>If you are running good nurse cows, there is money to be made. I know an elderly widow who has run nurse cows for years. </p><p></p><p>As far as one that will die, I have never lost one. There's no telling how many I have done over the years but the number is well over 500. </p><p></p><p>Right now I only have one nurse cow so I am not in it big time. I do know someone who is and she produces a lot of steers on less acreage that many big operations. Vets use her too. She will nurse a high dollar registered animal for a fee and it happens. If anyone around loses a cow, they often haul the calf to her. </p><p></p><p>Some of it is simply a matter of economics and time. </p><p></p><p>My feed costs are up to $65 per calf pro-rated on the cow and I can just pasture them together after about two weeks if all the calves are about the same size. My time is simply dumping feed for the cow.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="backhoeboogie, post: 556732, member: 3162"] I agree if you are using a bottle, and as a rule. If you are running good nurse cows, there is money to be made. I know an elderly widow who has run nurse cows for years. As far as one that will die, I have never lost one. There's no telling how many I have done over the years but the number is well over 500. Right now I only have one nurse cow so I am not in it big time. I do know someone who is and she produces a lot of steers on less acreage that many big operations. Vets use her too. She will nurse a high dollar registered animal for a fee and it happens. If anyone around loses a cow, they often haul the calf to her. Some of it is simply a matter of economics and time. My feed costs are up to $65 per calf pro-rated on the cow and I can just pasture them together after about two weeks if all the calves are about the same size. My time is simply dumping feed for the cow. [/QUOTE]
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