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<blockquote data-quote="Angus Cowman" data-source="post: 621600" data-attributes="member: 8829"><p>I don't beleive we want to be at the low end of the spectrum on milk. </p><p></p><p>I like to stay in the middle because IMO if we go to the low end we take the chance of losing more calves because they aren't getting enough from momma or we have calves that are under nourished and will be lacking if the forage isn't as high as it needs to be or we have to supplement the calves with higher priced grain</p><p> </p><p>I don't feel going to the extreme one way or the other is a good thing I just want a cow that will produce enough milk to get that calve going good and then when he starts foraging to keep enough milk so that he is gaining on a steady basis </p><p></p><p>I know a guy that has some dairy influence in his cows they raise monster calves but if you try and wean those calves they really drop in condition so he has to sell his calves as soon as they come off the cow </p><p></p><p>On the other hand I know a guy who has some cows that don't milk heavy enough in my opinion and to get those calves to an acceptable weaning weight he has to creep feed those calves </p><p></p><p>So I like a moderate milking cow that can raise an acceptable size calf and then at weaning I can go ahead and feed these calves for 60-90 days and get an acceptable rate of gain on them with out losing condition</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Angus Cowman, post: 621600, member: 8829"] I don't beleive we want to be at the low end of the spectrum on milk. I like to stay in the middle because IMO if we go to the low end we take the chance of losing more calves because they aren't getting enough from momma or we have calves that are under nourished and will be lacking if the forage isn't as high as it needs to be or we have to supplement the calves with higher priced grain I don't feel going to the extreme one way or the other is a good thing I just want a cow that will produce enough milk to get that calve going good and then when he starts foraging to keep enough milk so that he is gaining on a steady basis I know a guy that has some dairy influence in his cows they raise monster calves but if you try and wean those calves they really drop in condition so he has to sell his calves as soon as they come off the cow On the other hand I know a guy who has some cows that don't milk heavy enough in my opinion and to get those calves to an acceptable weaning weight he has to creep feed those calves So I like a moderate milking cow that can raise an acceptable size calf and then at weaning I can go ahead and feed these calves for 60-90 days and get an acceptable rate of gain on them with out losing condition [/QUOTE]
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