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<blockquote data-quote="milkmaid" data-source="post: 364078" data-attributes="member: 852"><p>I guess it could depend on the individual animal - as well as the weight and age that they are at the time of the injury. The larger/heavier the animal and the longer they have to be walking on 3 legs, the more you'll notice the effects of lameness. I had one last summer with a bum front leg that I finally called the butcher out early for. She never gained well, and the heavier she got the worse off she was -- and I kept her in an approx 30x30 pen. I had calves months younger than her that passed her right by. Also had one calf with a problem with her back leg last winter whose contemporaries left her in the dust, and she never made it past 300lbs before I called it quits.</p><p></p><p>I'm done with cripples that do not display immediate improvement, or who have possible long-term injuries. A cow is meant to walk on 4 legs, and nothing good comes of it if they are unable to do so for extended periods of time.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="milkmaid, post: 364078, member: 852"] I guess it could depend on the individual animal - as well as the weight and age that they are at the time of the injury. The larger/heavier the animal and the longer they have to be walking on 3 legs, the more you'll notice the effects of lameness. I had one last summer with a bum front leg that I finally called the butcher out early for. She never gained well, and the heavier she got the worse off she was -- and I kept her in an approx 30x30 pen. I had calves months younger than her that passed her right by. Also had one calf with a problem with her back leg last winter whose contemporaries left her in the dust, and she never made it past 300lbs before I called it quits. I'm done with cripples that do not display immediate improvement, or who have possible long-term injuries. A cow is meant to walk on 4 legs, and nothing good comes of it if they are unable to do so for extended periods of time. [/QUOTE]
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