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<blockquote data-quote="shortybreeder" data-source="post: 1095423" data-attributes="member: 21626"><p>If she is milking then I would find a calf to put on her. Around here if you put a holstein steer on a beef cow, he will bring a big check in the end if you sell him as a 4-H prospect, known quite a few of them to become champions at state fairs afterwards... The calf should at least pay for the expense of getting her bred. If she is open with a full udder then I know I definitely wouldn't pay more than butcher price. As soon as she is a couple months pregnant then I would sell her. Also if you give her a calf to raise that will probably help give her a reason to live. Had a holstein cow that was very sickly and always seemed depressed after she had a hard birth with a dead calf, then we grabbed one of the angus X holstein heifer calves and put them together to try and get some value out of her... two months later the cow was just as nice and healthy as any others. Pulled the calf off her so it could grow with the rest of the others it's own age, then the cow died shortly thereafter. Very strange. Love the calf we got out of it though!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="shortybreeder, post: 1095423, member: 21626"] If she is milking then I would find a calf to put on her. Around here if you put a holstein steer on a beef cow, he will bring a big check in the end if you sell him as a 4-H prospect, known quite a few of them to become champions at state fairs afterwards... The calf should at least pay for the expense of getting her bred. If she is open with a full udder then I know I definitely wouldn't pay more than butcher price. As soon as she is a couple months pregnant then I would sell her. Also if you give her a calf to raise that will probably help give her a reason to live. Had a holstein cow that was very sickly and always seemed depressed after she had a hard birth with a dead calf, then we grabbed one of the angus X holstein heifer calves and put them together to try and get some value out of her... two months later the cow was just as nice and healthy as any others. Pulled the calf off her so it could grow with the rest of the others it's own age, then the cow died shortly thereafter. Very strange. Love the calf we got out of it though! [/QUOTE]
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