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gonna buy some really small cows
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<blockquote data-quote="Gators Rule" data-source="post: 1526447" data-attributes="member: 15587"><p>I get where the OP is coming from.....sort of. Yes, the check is smaller, but so is the investment to get the calf born and to the sale barn auction floor. Yes, we can also carry more small cattle on more acres. I could even see doing this long range if we were initially selecting "good" small cattle, but I'm not reading it this way. I'm getting the vibe that the OP might be building a herd with the cheap stunted cows that are going to have a hard time feeding their calf, and just plain poor genetics. The additional problem I see is that these types of cattle are just going to continue to get smaller and smaller. A mama cow has got to produce enough milk to carry her calf from birth to weaning age regardless of her size. If she can't do that job, then we lose pounds that could be earning money for us. If we were talking Lowlines or another smaller bodied cow, I can't argue with that philosophy, but building a herd with runty dinks is not the way to go.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Gators Rule, post: 1526447, member: 15587"] I get where the OP is coming from.....sort of. Yes, the check is smaller, but so is the investment to get the calf born and to the sale barn auction floor. Yes, we can also carry more small cattle on more acres. I could even see doing this long range if we were initially selecting "good" small cattle, but I'm not reading it this way. I'm getting the vibe that the OP might be building a herd with the cheap stunted cows that are going to have a hard time feeding their calf, and just plain poor genetics. The additional problem I see is that these types of cattle are just going to continue to get smaller and smaller. A mama cow has got to produce enough milk to carry her calf from birth to weaning age regardless of her size. If she can't do that job, then we lose pounds that could be earning money for us. If we were talking Lowlines or another smaller bodied cow, I can't argue with that philosophy, but building a herd with runty dinks is not the way to go. [/QUOTE]
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