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<blockquote data-quote="Ga_Hillbilly" data-source="post: 1637007" data-attributes="member: 39646"><p>Hey how are yall?</p><p></p><p>Me and my wife are thinking of starting a small nurse cow operation.... We've thought it through and decided to go with it... But still would like to get more info.</p><p></p><p>I had a uncle who had several nurse cows.. He'd buy calves off mamma cows at the sale when they get split... He'd purchase the calf then put the calf on his nurse cow... Or if a cow died or had to be put down what ever the case would be he'd purchase the calf and put on the cow..</p><p></p><p>Our goal is to end up with about 15-20 nurse cows... And run a hereford bull, beefmaster or lowline angus bull on the heifers... Then purchase the calf's and place on the mammas...</p><p></p><p>Is this realistic with 15-20 nurse cows? We're figuring two calf's on average per cow... True some take more but for pencil purposes starting out this is what we're figuring</p><p></p><p></p><p>So that's mainly my question.. Is this realistic and if so... What advice could you give a young cattle farmer... Thanks in advance</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ga_Hillbilly, post: 1637007, member: 39646"] Hey how are yall? Me and my wife are thinking of starting a small nurse cow operation.... We've thought it through and decided to go with it... But still would like to get more info. I had a uncle who had several nurse cows.. He'd buy calves off mamma cows at the sale when they get split... He'd purchase the calf then put the calf on his nurse cow... Or if a cow died or had to be put down what ever the case would be he'd purchase the calf and put on the cow.. Our goal is to end up with about 15-20 nurse cows... And run a hereford bull, beefmaster or lowline angus bull on the heifers... Then purchase the calf's and place on the mammas... Is this realistic with 15-20 nurse cows? We're figuring two calf's on average per cow... True some take more but for pencil purposes starting out this is what we're figuring So that's mainly my question.. Is this realistic and if so... What advice could you give a young cattle farmer... Thanks in advance [/QUOTE]
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