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<blockquote data-quote="Beefy" data-source="post: 122980" data-attributes="member: 57"><p>Never in my wildest dreams did i expect to see replies like these on a board like this! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite9" alt=":eek:" title="Eek! :eek:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":eek:" /> </p><p></p><p>Ive had similar situations. Still have one. "The Big Teated Cow" was half angus and the other half was mostly charolais with a little hereford, she was a real pretty gray white face cow. had the first calf each year, each year i would plan to cull at weaning time but she'd be so close to calving (she got a little earlier each year) and i couldnt stand to take the discount when she raised perfectly good calves consistently. after all, i only had to teach one of her calves to suck, as it was just her front two that were ballooned, they normally found the back two and by day three or four had started sucking on one of the big'ns. she had 12 calves for us and last year i had to go out of town for a week and she calved the morning i had to leave. i assume the calf didnt figure out how to nurse her but i dont know that for a fact, anyway something happened to it while i was gone that week, so "the big teated cow" grew wheels at last. she brought decent money but of course i knew where she was headed. whats that saying? "theres no room for sentimentality in the cattle business." easier said than done. </p><p></p><p>The one i have now is a little bit different. shes a black cow, half beefmaster 1/4 angus 1/4 limousin. her picture has been posted before. anyway, of course shes a favorite, all the problem cows seem to have personality, dont they? well somewhere along the line she got some mastitis (beefmasters sometimes milk too much, i'm working on that) and as a result her right side no longer works. the other two teats will just squirt milk but stupid little calves only try the other side for some reason. so the last two years ive had to rescue her calves and she develops quite the attitude when she has a new calf. any other time she is real friendly and nosey but itis a pain working her that one time each year. i should sell her this year and probably will but other than that shes one of the better cows. we all have our dilemmas. </p><p></p><p>So Bez, I'm not going to tell you what to do with your cows. you know what you <strong>should</strong> do from a business standpoint. but you wouldnt be the first to have a cow with a lifetime contract either.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Beefy, post: 122980, member: 57"] Never in my wildest dreams did i expect to see replies like these on a board like this! :o Ive had similar situations. Still have one. "The Big Teated Cow" was half angus and the other half was mostly charolais with a little hereford, she was a real pretty gray white face cow. had the first calf each year, each year i would plan to cull at weaning time but she'd be so close to calving (she got a little earlier each year) and i couldnt stand to take the discount when she raised perfectly good calves consistently. after all, i only had to teach one of her calves to suck, as it was just her front two that were ballooned, they normally found the back two and by day three or four had started sucking on one of the big'ns. she had 12 calves for us and last year i had to go out of town for a week and she calved the morning i had to leave. i assume the calf didnt figure out how to nurse her but i dont know that for a fact, anyway something happened to it while i was gone that week, so "the big teated cow" grew wheels at last. she brought decent money but of course i knew where she was headed. whats that saying? "theres no room for sentimentality in the cattle business." easier said than done. The one i have now is a little bit different. shes a black cow, half beefmaster 1/4 angus 1/4 limousin. her picture has been posted before. anyway, of course shes a favorite, all the problem cows seem to have personality, dont they? well somewhere along the line she got some mastitis (beefmasters sometimes milk too much, i'm working on that) and as a result her right side no longer works. the other two teats will just squirt milk but stupid little calves only try the other side for some reason. so the last two years ive had to rescue her calves and she develops quite the attitude when she has a new calf. any other time she is real friendly and nosey but itis a pain working her that one time each year. i should sell her this year and probably will but other than that shes one of the better cows. we all have our dilemmas. So Bez, I'm not going to tell you what to do with your cows. you know what you [b]should[/b] do from a business standpoint. but you wouldnt be the first to have a cow with a lifetime contract either. [/QUOTE]
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