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<blockquote data-quote="jkwilson" data-source="post: 87366" data-attributes="member: 969"><p>Good advice. You have to weigh each case as an individual, and assign blame appropriately. If 40% of your herd coes up open, don't just blindly cull without considering that most likely it's you, your AI technician or the bull(s) that are responsible.</p><p></p><p>I had a heifer come up open one year. Had the vet check her and he didn't see any physical problems. Made the decision to ship her, and put her in the lot with the feeders to put some weight on. Then her mother came up lame and wasn't getting any better. Two of the heifer's grand-dams had been really good cows, and now I was losing her mother, so I decided to give her a few more months, preg check and decide before I threw away those genetics. We've since gone to registered cattle and cut herd size by 75% (lost rented pasture to a subdivision) <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite4" alt=":mad:" title="Mad :mad:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":mad:" /> , but we still have her. We use her as an ET recip, although she had several nice calves herself. Perfect udder and she's the babysitter for all of the calves.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jkwilson, post: 87366, member: 969"] Good advice. You have to weigh each case as an individual, and assign blame appropriately. If 40% of your herd coes up open, don't just blindly cull without considering that most likely it's you, your AI technician or the bull(s) that are responsible. I had a heifer come up open one year. Had the vet check her and he didn't see any physical problems. Made the decision to ship her, and put her in the lot with the feeders to put some weight on. Then her mother came up lame and wasn't getting any better. Two of the heifer's grand-dams had been really good cows, and now I was losing her mother, so I decided to give her a few more months, preg check and decide before I threw away those genetics. We've since gone to registered cattle and cut herd size by 75% (lost rented pasture to a subdivision) :mad: , but we still have her. We use her as an ET recip, although she had several nice calves herself. Perfect udder and she's the babysitter for all of the calves. [/QUOTE]
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