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<blockquote data-quote="backhoeboogie" data-source="post: 557060" data-attributes="member: 3162"><p>Properly managed, yes they do pay and they can pay year after year if they become productive cows. </p><p></p><p>Remember that my "bottle babies" are beef calves acquired by a split at the sale barn. They are grafted to a dairy cow. I prefer brangus calves in general but any calf with ear is good for this climate. Generally the dam is an aged cow that was culled. You get to look at her when you decide to purchase. Usually you know nothing about the sire. Some work out great and some wind up average. Cull the average and move on. You are money ahead on the average at the auction if you use a nurse cow.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="backhoeboogie, post: 557060, member: 3162"] Properly managed, yes they do pay and they can pay year after year if they become productive cows. Remember that my "bottle babies" are beef calves acquired by a split at the sale barn. They are grafted to a dairy cow. I prefer brangus calves in general but any calf with ear is good for this climate. Generally the dam is an aged cow that was culled. You get to look at her when you decide to purchase. Usually you know nothing about the sire. Some work out great and some wind up average. Cull the average and move on. You are money ahead on the average at the auction if you use a nurse cow. [/QUOTE]
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