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<blockquote data-quote="Nesikep" data-source="post: 1184459" data-attributes="member: 9096"><p>I think a lot of the cow size and the cow's productivity capacity that will work for you will depend on your grass.. If you have lush grass, you will need cows that milk really well, and it's no use having good milking cows if they're bred to a bull that doesn't have the growth (and frame) potential to use it... Also, poor milking cows on lush grass means they'll just get pig fat, and that can cause reproductive troubles... Meanwhile, if they are on dry bunchgrass, big heavy cows will never get a belly full, will get skinny trying to produce large amounts of milk for the calf, and likely have difficulties breeding back as well.</p><p></p><p>Again, I don't consider a 1400 lb cow a very large cow, I consider that medium, and for me I think that's about the perfect mature size. I was really happy with what the Gelbvieh bull in my avatar picture did for me, Some of my giant cows still had calves I could tell were going to be much bigger than I wanted, but on the more moderate large cows I found I was getting heifers that were what I would consider perfect for me.. I'm going to estimate that most of the replacement heifers from him are 13-1400 lb mature weight, and they pack the weight without being too tall,.. Unless you have a market for your large cows that would allow you to buy what you exactly want, I'd keep them as long as they were producing.. A bird in the hand is always better than 2 in the tree.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nesikep, post: 1184459, member: 9096"] I think a lot of the cow size and the cow's productivity capacity that will work for you will depend on your grass.. If you have lush grass, you will need cows that milk really well, and it's no use having good milking cows if they're bred to a bull that doesn't have the growth (and frame) potential to use it... Also, poor milking cows on lush grass means they'll just get pig fat, and that can cause reproductive troubles... Meanwhile, if they are on dry bunchgrass, big heavy cows will never get a belly full, will get skinny trying to produce large amounts of milk for the calf, and likely have difficulties breeding back as well. Again, I don't consider a 1400 lb cow a very large cow, I consider that medium, and for me I think that's about the perfect mature size. I was really happy with what the Gelbvieh bull in my avatar picture did for me, Some of my giant cows still had calves I could tell were going to be much bigger than I wanted, but on the more moderate large cows I found I was getting heifers that were what I would consider perfect for me.. I'm going to estimate that most of the replacement heifers from him are 13-1400 lb mature weight, and they pack the weight without being too tall,.. Unless you have a market for your large cows that would allow you to buy what you exactly want, I'd keep them as long as they were producing.. A bird in the hand is always better than 2 in the tree. [/QUOTE]
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