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<blockquote data-quote="Peace" data-source="post: 1740715" data-attributes="member: 41443"><p>See the ribs, it's a dairy thing, they produce milk, not meat and fat. </p><p></p><p>Dairy guys supply feed to these animals free choice all the time. Generally, they mix a ration that gives their animals a ration that is geared to milk production, so a lot more protein than just grass and maybe a grain serving. The cows basically eat, drink, crap and pee, then lie down to chew their cud, wash, rinse and repeat (maybe several times) then get sent to the parlor or walk to the robot to get milked then repeat the process again. The trend, as I'm told, is they now milk 3 times a day instead of 2. The benefits are more production and less wear and tear on their udders. </p><p></p><p>I'm not sure how long the current milk production cycle is, but back when I was on a dairy we milked them for about 300 days and gave them 60 days of dry off time to calve again. I'm guessing many delay breeding to keep them in production longer now, I'm just out of the loop and don't know the more modern methods. </p><p></p><p>Back in the 70s the big thing was production in lbs/day and body and udder be damned. Once farmers figured out that you go all out for production you end up with an udder too low to the ground to put a machine on, so they then took those production cows and bred them to udder and teat confirmation bulls, without sacrificing production. I see many a dairy cow go thru the chute with those low udders, and that's probably one of the main reasons they're there.</p><p></p><p>You got a good one...trust me...plus she just stands for calves that aren't hers...that shocks the heck out of me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Peace, post: 1740715, member: 41443"] See the ribs, it's a dairy thing, they produce milk, not meat and fat. Dairy guys supply feed to these animals free choice all the time. Generally, they mix a ration that gives their animals a ration that is geared to milk production, so a lot more protein than just grass and maybe a grain serving. The cows basically eat, drink, crap and pee, then lie down to chew their cud, wash, rinse and repeat (maybe several times) then get sent to the parlor or walk to the robot to get milked then repeat the process again. The trend, as I'm told, is they now milk 3 times a day instead of 2. The benefits are more production and less wear and tear on their udders. I'm not sure how long the current milk production cycle is, but back when I was on a dairy we milked them for about 300 days and gave them 60 days of dry off time to calve again. I'm guessing many delay breeding to keep them in production longer now, I'm just out of the loop and don't know the more modern methods. Back in the 70s the big thing was production in lbs/day and body and udder be damned. Once farmers figured out that you go all out for production you end up with an udder too low to the ground to put a machine on, so they then took those production cows and bred them to udder and teat confirmation bulls, without sacrificing production. I see many a dairy cow go thru the chute with those low udders, and that's probably one of the main reasons they're there. You got a good one...trust me...plus she just stands for calves that aren't hers...that shocks the heck out of me. [/QUOTE]
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