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not sure how you ranchers do it.....
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<blockquote data-quote="angus9259" data-source="post: 1363955" data-attributes="member: 7398"><p>I wish this were true but don't see it. Been practicing those things for 20 years myself. Not sure how a 8 year old cow with mastitis, a 4 year old bull getting into the pigweed, a 13 year old cow with her first set of twins, a 6 year old downer cow for what appeared to be milk fever (but who knows why really) can be traced to issues of culling. But, who knows....</p><p></p><p>So, in all sincerity and without any sarcasm at all, would you suggest culling all the heifers I've kept back out of the cow with mastitis (even though they've been great) and culling all the heifers I've retained out of the 13 year old cow because she had a set of twins? And culling all the heifer calves out of the bull that ate pigweed? I previously asked on a different thread about the genetic pre-disposition of an animal to milk fever and didn't get the sense it was a genetic issue but......</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="angus9259, post: 1363955, member: 7398"] I wish this were true but don't see it. Been practicing those things for 20 years myself. Not sure how a 8 year old cow with mastitis, a 4 year old bull getting into the pigweed, a 13 year old cow with her first set of twins, a 6 year old downer cow for what appeared to be milk fever (but who knows why really) can be traced to issues of culling. But, who knows.... So, in all sincerity and without any sarcasm at all, would you suggest culling all the heifers I've kept back out of the cow with mastitis (even though they've been great) and culling all the heifers I've retained out of the 13 year old cow because she had a set of twins? And culling all the heifer calves out of the bull that ate pigweed? I previously asked on a different thread about the genetic pre-disposition of an animal to milk fever and didn't get the sense it was a genetic issue but...... [/QUOTE]
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