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<blockquote data-quote="grubbie" data-source="post: 484915" data-attributes="member: 5478"><p>We raise our own replacements but it largely depends on your situation. There are a few pros and cons to consider.If keeping your own replacements, you need a seperate place to keep them. Don't want them in with your herd sire. You will also need to get a calving ease bull that you may not want to use on your cows for growth reasons. This means keeping an extra bull. It will also be 2 years before you get a calf out of them so you have expenses in feeding, vaccinations, etc. But,...you know the history of that animal, you can tame it down, and you will know what it is bred to when the time comes. Keep in mind raising your own is some extra work and time, but we think it is worth it. If you buy replacements, you may well just be inheriting someone elses "problem children", or worse yet, something that has been exposed to a non-calving ease bull. In my opinion buying replacements is rolling the dice, raising them can be a little extra work, but well worth it.</p><p>Good Luck!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="grubbie, post: 484915, member: 5478"] We raise our own replacements but it largely depends on your situation. There are a few pros and cons to consider.If keeping your own replacements, you need a seperate place to keep them. Don't want them in with your herd sire. You will also need to get a calving ease bull that you may not want to use on your cows for growth reasons. This means keeping an extra bull. It will also be 2 years before you get a calf out of them so you have expenses in feeding, vaccinations, etc. But,...you know the history of that animal, you can tame it down, and you will know what it is bred to when the time comes. Keep in mind raising your own is some extra work and time, but we think it is worth it. If you buy replacements, you may well just be inheriting someone elses "problem children", or worse yet, something that has been exposed to a non-calving ease bull. In my opinion buying replacements is rolling the dice, raising them can be a little extra work, but well worth it. Good Luck! [/QUOTE]
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