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<blockquote data-quote="SRBeef" data-source="post: 642771" data-attributes="member: 7509"><p>Brandon,</p><p></p><p>Thank you for the reply. I learned several things from your post. </p><p></p><p>As far as surviving in a Wisconsin winter - T21 did very well this past winter in one of the more difficult winters we've had recently with no shelter whatsoever except the woods. We had one of the coldest January's on record in WI. The wind chill on Jan 16th was about 35 deg below zero. Here is a picture of T21 and some cows on Jan 18th. IF back fat is what gets them through cold weather he evidently has enough for -35. here is the picture from Jan 18.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>As far as milk goes, yes he is in the top as far as milk epd's. We will just have to see how his daughters do. I think this is where the cow comes in too. I had a couple cows that really were drawn down last winter (calves from a rent a bull) but several cows, especially the 1200 lb ones I want to develop a herd from, that did NOT get drawn down as much even though I went a bit past 205 days on some. </p><p></p><p>I'm hoping these 1200 lb cows have heifers to keep. We'll see.</p><p></p><p>Again thanks for your informative post. Jim</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SRBeef, post: 642771, member: 7509"] Brandon, Thank you for the reply. I learned several things from your post. As far as surviving in a Wisconsin winter - T21 did very well this past winter in one of the more difficult winters we've had recently with no shelter whatsoever except the woods. We had one of the coldest January's on record in WI. The wind chill on Jan 16th was about 35 deg below zero. Here is a picture of T21 and some cows on Jan 18th. IF back fat is what gets them through cold weather he evidently has enough for -35. here is the picture from Jan 18. [ATTACH type="full" alt="IMG_3839_1.JPG"]0[/ATTACH] As far as milk goes, yes he is in the top as far as milk epd's. We will just have to see how his daughters do. I think this is where the cow comes in too. I had a couple cows that really were drawn down last winter (calves from a rent a bull) but several cows, especially the 1200 lb ones I want to develop a herd from, that did NOT get drawn down as much even though I went a bit past 205 days on some. I'm hoping these 1200 lb cows have heifers to keep. We'll see. Again thanks for your informative post. Jim [/QUOTE]
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