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<blockquote data-quote="elkwc" data-source="post: 1418578" data-attributes="member: 22295"><p>+1 The same here. The cull rate on retained heifers is very low for us. The few we have culled have been mostly for docility. And some of those weren't bad and the new owners love them. Being that the lady I go with is in her 70's if one takes a little longer to pen or just a little flighty to handle we cull them. There hadn't been any culling for that when I started helping. In the last year we haven't culled any. The same can't be said about purchased females. And we have tried to be very selective in what we have bought. After the drought and everyone started building up their herds again many purchased females. Everyone I've talked to has had to cull deeper on most of them despite of where they came from or what they gave. The few exceptions were those bought from local reputable breeders. Which wasn't many as most of them were tying to build numbers back up also. If I purchase anymore it will be something I know something about.</p><p></p><p>To summarize my views I will post what I was told many years ago when I was a lot younger. That you can retain the top females you raise and develop your dream herd or at least the cowherd you set your goal to raise. Or you can go to the sale and purchase someone elses dream and culls. That is not to say that there isn't good females being sold at the sales. In today's world a person can also use AIing to help advance their herd. If a person is happy with buying cows every few years and raising someone elses dream cow or even trading them that is great. But in my opinion to develop a uniform herd that represents my desires the only way to get there is by retaining heifers. Look at some of the posters on this board like Nesi that shows his females and bulls that he has raised. To me I have more pride in something I made the breeding decisions on.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="elkwc, post: 1418578, member: 22295"] +1 The same here. The cull rate on retained heifers is very low for us. The few we have culled have been mostly for docility. And some of those weren't bad and the new owners love them. Being that the lady I go with is in her 70's if one takes a little longer to pen or just a little flighty to handle we cull them. There hadn't been any culling for that when I started helping. In the last year we haven't culled any. The same can't be said about purchased females. And we have tried to be very selective in what we have bought. After the drought and everyone started building up their herds again many purchased females. Everyone I've talked to has had to cull deeper on most of them despite of where they came from or what they gave. The few exceptions were those bought from local reputable breeders. Which wasn't many as most of them were tying to build numbers back up also. If I purchase anymore it will be something I know something about. To summarize my views I will post what I was told many years ago when I was a lot younger. That you can retain the top females you raise and develop your dream herd or at least the cowherd you set your goal to raise. Or you can go to the sale and purchase someone elses dream and culls. That is not to say that there isn't good females being sold at the sales. In today's world a person can also use AIing to help advance their herd. If a person is happy with buying cows every few years and raising someone elses dream cow or even trading them that is great. But in my opinion to develop a uniform herd that represents my desires the only way to get there is by retaining heifers. Look at some of the posters on this board like Nesi that shows his females and bulls that he has raised. To me I have more pride in something I made the breeding decisions on. [/QUOTE]
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