Shoestring
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Success! I figured out a new (to me) way to lose money. In a market that favors black cows. I bought a 7/old red n white cow. Old? Check. I called her Drowsy. Cheap? Yep. I figured, to flip them. 50/50 chance that she was heavy bred to a black bull of some sort. HOW can you lose? 1) nope. She had a heifer calf.
Genius here figures that she must have been bred to a longhorn. Calf was pretty. What Calf isn't? 2) she calved early. Now, I feed her, because, you do . Now I have a couple of more dollars in her. She never gained weight! She is now called Drowsy, or, Bones. So, I say to self, "no more, sell and hope to break even." 3) Self wants no part of that ****! Maybe put weight on her. Kept them another month. More dollars, still no weight gain. Back to the Sale barn. Fingers crossed, yep. LOST money. Not just lost money, nope. Her and calf sold for less than I paid. AND then the sales fee's. I read about it how many times? Lesson = if you see one that no one is bidding on, do not bid. That simple. Darn, darn, darn! p.s. at least it wasn't the corriente that went across. Leaving on a positive: I picked up a couple of nice big WFB, n the bull is happy.
Genius here figures that she must have been bred to a longhorn. Calf was pretty. What Calf isn't? 2) she calved early. Now, I feed her, because, you do . Now I have a couple of more dollars in her. She never gained weight! She is now called Drowsy, or, Bones. So, I say to self, "no more, sell and hope to break even." 3) Self wants no part of that ****! Maybe put weight on her. Kept them another month. More dollars, still no weight gain. Back to the Sale barn. Fingers crossed, yep. LOST money. Not just lost money, nope. Her and calf sold for less than I paid. AND then the sales fee's. I read about it how many times? Lesson = if you see one that no one is bidding on, do not bid. That simple. Darn, darn, darn! p.s. at least it wasn't the corriente that went across. Leaving on a positive: I picked up a couple of nice big WFB, n the bull is happy.