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<blockquote data-quote="Shoestring" data-source="post: 1727188" data-attributes="member: 41393"><p>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. <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🎁" title="Wrapped gift :gift:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f381.png" data-shortname=":gift:" /> 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. </p><p> 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 <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🤷♂️" title="Man shrugging :man_shrugging:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f937-2642.png" data-shortname=":man_shrugging:" />. 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, <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🙈" title="See-no-evil monkey :see_no_evil:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f648.png" data-shortname=":see_no_evil:" /> 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! <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😰" title="Anxious face with sweat :cold_sweat:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f630.png" data-shortname=":cold_sweat:" /><img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🤫" title="Shushing face :shushing_face:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f92b.png" data-shortname=":shushing_face:" /> 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.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shoestring, post: 1727188, member: 41393"] 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. [/QUOTE]
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