wildsawmill":3heuhf9l said:
well i shipped the heffer still got the bottle calf (red angus bred heffer ) put a metal ring with spikes in her nose she is now about 22 mo old 900 lbs? & should be bred, i hope. was with a bull for 3 weeks , riding was observed.
this problem bottle calf now my biggest animal has started trying to nurse a heffer thats about 200 lbs smaller than her & the charlay is letting her nose ring & all so i put up an ele fence to segrate them but this probly wont work long term .
ideas
Well, you asked for advice - then sold the animal that was NOT the problem - despite getting good advice and solutions from some good people who know the business
And you now have that same problem animal doing it again - no surprise to any of us.
wow i read all the advice & followed most of it
& i didnt have a problem with this nurser again till recently seems she & the other heffer got used to the ring with spikes on it
sorry i infureated you this is exality why i havent been posting as i see this attidude on here before to others
life is to short to fuss or feel like my questions set some one here off
So here is what you do:
1. Keep her
2. Cancel the membership here
3. Go on doing your own thing.
Bottom line - bred or not - this animal is a piece of trash and should not be anything but frozen beef, yet you still have her and are now asking for more advice?
Wait until her progeny do it as well. You will really love a full herd of dry cows getting their tits sucked and ruined. Or worse, bred animals being robbed of the colostrum being built up to give to that calf that is going to be born in 3 weeks time.
Culling hard may hurt initially but you will not regret it ten years from now.
If a cow is not a push button, no problem animal it is you doing the work when in reality it should be her.
So why bother asking for that advice? You do not take it anyways.
You raise them to kill them - and try to make money while doing it - put that forefront in your brain whenever you make a business decision on cows - right now you are in a lose situation and likely to continue.
Have a nice day.
My best to all
Bez