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<blockquote data-quote="Cucumber35" data-source="post: 1405271" data-attributes="member: 25728"><p>I took over my grandfathers herd last year and have had to sort out a lot of stuff so things have not been quite the way I'd like them to be to say the least. I wasn't as involved this time last year as I should have been but was playing catch up on fixing fence, getting pastures in better shape, etc, etc. My note taking was lacking and I had limited info on who calved what and when. Several cows didn't even have ear tags anymore until I was able to get the fences and facilities back up to snuff to even work them through the chute. This year I'm on a much better track of significant improvement. Anyway, last year I had a stillborn that I wasn't quite sure who it belonged to because there were several deadbeats in the herd. Got rid of what I knew needed to go, and when calving was finished I determined who the culprit was through process of elimination. For some reason I never put her on the cull list at weaning time and she got forgotten about. Had another dead calf a few weeks ago, knew who it was immediately because she was standing over it still. Dead one last year was a couple days old when I found it (wasn't able to check every day like I do now). Was looking through my notes last night and it dawned on me it's the same cow from last year... <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite4" alt=":mad:" title="Mad :mad:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":mad:" /> Needless to say she's got herself a guaranteed bus ticket and I'm sitting here kicking myself that I fed a worthless cow that long. At least it makes me feel better about why I'm spending more time to try to get things right! Just wanted to share my rookie mistake!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cucumber35, post: 1405271, member: 25728"] I took over my grandfathers herd last year and have had to sort out a lot of stuff so things have not been quite the way I'd like them to be to say the least. I wasn't as involved this time last year as I should have been but was playing catch up on fixing fence, getting pastures in better shape, etc, etc. My note taking was lacking and I had limited info on who calved what and when. Several cows didn't even have ear tags anymore until I was able to get the fences and facilities back up to snuff to even work them through the chute. This year I'm on a much better track of significant improvement. Anyway, last year I had a stillborn that I wasn't quite sure who it belonged to because there were several deadbeats in the herd. Got rid of what I knew needed to go, and when calving was finished I determined who the culprit was through process of elimination. For some reason I never put her on the cull list at weaning time and she got forgotten about. Had another dead calf a few weeks ago, knew who it was immediately because she was standing over it still. Dead one last year was a couple days old when I found it (wasn't able to check every day like I do now). Was looking through my notes last night and it dawned on me it's the same cow from last year... :mad: Needless to say she's got herself a guaranteed bus ticket and I'm sitting here kicking myself that I fed a worthless cow that long. At least it makes me feel better about why I'm spending more time to try to get things right! Just wanted to share my rookie mistake! [/QUOTE]
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