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<blockquote data-quote="greybeard" data-source="post: 1842419" data-attributes="member: 18945"><p>Most non-cattle people base their view of a healthy cow on pictures they see or at a county fair of show cows. </p><p>There's a huge difference between a cow/calf operation cow and market steers ready to go on feed.</p><p></p><p>A good functional, easy doer momma, that breeds back every time and has good feet and good udder might show a good bit of pin and hook and even some ribs but that's just the way it is. The proof is in the calf she raises each year, not what <strong>She</strong> looks like out in the grass. Explaining that to a city feller is hard to do tho. </p><p></p><p>Dairy cattle almost always look scrawny compared to beef breeds and I'm glad i never had to listen to someone talking about holsteins or jerseys looking bad. </p><p></p><p>And, sometimes, no matter how well nourished they are, how well they're dewormed and kept in mineral, we've all had that one that was just thinner than all the rest, but she did her job and made ya $$$ with her calves.</p><p></p><p>Here's an epiphany for townies... There are lots of humans the same way. Eat like a horse, perfectly healthy in all regards but scrawney as a bean pole.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="greybeard, post: 1842419, member: 18945"] Most non-cattle people base their view of a healthy cow on pictures they see or at a county fair of show cows. There's a huge difference between a cow/calf operation cow and market steers ready to go on feed. A good functional, easy doer momma, that breeds back every time and has good feet and good udder might show a good bit of pin and hook and even some ribs but that's just the way it is. The proof is in the calf she raises each year, not what [B]She[/B] looks like out in the grass. Explaining that to a city feller is hard to do tho. Dairy cattle almost always look scrawny compared to beef breeds and I'm glad i never had to listen to someone talking about holsteins or jerseys looking bad. And, sometimes, no matter how well nourished they are, how well they're dewormed and kept in mineral, we've all had that one that was just thinner than all the rest, but she did her job and made ya $$$ with her calves. Here's an epiphany for townies... There are lots of humans the same way. Eat like a horse, perfectly healthy in all regards but scrawney as a bean pole. [/QUOTE]
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