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<blockquote data-quote="Midtenn" data-source="post: 1478495" data-attributes="member: 24781"><p>Seems opinions have changed a lot over the last couple years , or maybe those people just haven't responded yet that say its better to buy replacements. I'm in the camp with most of you in raising our own. We've had terrible history with purchased heifers. Right now we are still growing the herd and plan to be doing so for 5 or 6 more years. Our replacements are determined by percentage of heifer births and the dam's and siblings track record. Some years we may keep 5% others we may keep 50% or more. For instance our last spring born calves (19) we kept 8 heifers. Our fall born calves (28) right now it looks like only 5 or 6 are going to make the cut. We have several f2 and f3 that are good cows but not what we want for making replacements. We're shooting for 100% maternal quality and not going to keep something just for the sake of growing the herd.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Midtenn, post: 1478495, member: 24781"] Seems opinions have changed a lot over the last couple years , or maybe those people just haven't responded yet that say its better to buy replacements. I'm in the camp with most of you in raising our own. We've had terrible history with purchased heifers. Right now we are still growing the herd and plan to be doing so for 5 or 6 more years. Our replacements are determined by percentage of heifer births and the dam's and siblings track record. Some years we may keep 5% others we may keep 50% or more. For instance our last spring born calves (19) we kept 8 heifers. Our fall born calves (28) right now it looks like only 5 or 6 are going to make the cut. We have several f2 and f3 that are good cows but not what we want for making replacements. We're shooting for 100% maternal quality and not going to keep something just for the sake of growing the herd. [/QUOTE]
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