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<blockquote data-quote="rockridgecattle" data-source="post: 924688" data-attributes="member: 6198"><p>DB, I hear you on this. Some years it can be hard. But think of it this way. Cull now, less problems health related problems or calving related issues later. Example is a bad tempered cow post calving which has ice cream cones for teats and the calf can not suck. So you chase this mad cow to the mat pen, only to get your hand cranked serveral times by a wonderfully placed hoof and a calf which by now is too stupid to suck so you have to fight it and the cow. When looking at that picture, culling gets easier.</p><p>I read somewhere that heifers kept or bought can have a cull rate of 20% and sometimes 30%. It is amazing, some years of heifers are still in the herd today, but then some years heifers are culled out. Smaller herds like yours, I would think it would seem like more than 20% of the numbers you run. </p><p>You will get to your mark, and when you do you will be glad you were patient enough to cull out problems. Just like not every bull should be a bull, not every heifer should be a cow. Most should just be good steaks, roasts, grinding, stew, and ribs and what ever else choice cuts we like...it's why they are so tastey!</p><p>Now with that logic, how can you go wrong <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rockridgecattle, post: 924688, member: 6198"] DB, I hear you on this. Some years it can be hard. But think of it this way. Cull now, less problems health related problems or calving related issues later. Example is a bad tempered cow post calving which has ice cream cones for teats and the calf can not suck. So you chase this mad cow to the mat pen, only to get your hand cranked serveral times by a wonderfully placed hoof and a calf which by now is too stupid to suck so you have to fight it and the cow. When looking at that picture, culling gets easier. I read somewhere that heifers kept or bought can have a cull rate of 20% and sometimes 30%. It is amazing, some years of heifers are still in the herd today, but then some years heifers are culled out. Smaller herds like yours, I would think it would seem like more than 20% of the numbers you run. You will get to your mark, and when you do you will be glad you were patient enough to cull out problems. Just like not every bull should be a bull, not every heifer should be a cow. Most should just be good steaks, roasts, grinding, stew, and ribs and what ever else choice cuts we like...it's why they are so tastey! Now with that logic, how can you go wrong ;) [/QUOTE]
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