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Old Cow...can I keep her alive long enough to calve?
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<blockquote data-quote="Putangitangi" data-source="post: 1115306" data-attributes="member: 5956"><p>I had a cow (which calved for the last time at 18). At 13 she was very thin coming up to calving and produced twins for the first time in her life. The following year she was dry, but bearing in mind the hard time she'd had the previous year, I kept her on. The next year she twinned again! The last three were singles and I shouldn't have let the final one happen. She was incredibly thin by the time she calved, the calf was about 48lbs and the cow never fed her properly (couldn't produce the milk) and then fell down a hill and died five months later. That last daughter, my hope for continuation of that line, was very poor. Her two calves were good at weaning, then fell to pieces. I'm still waiting for the one I still have to reach killing weight at three. I'd never keep another cow that long again.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Putangitangi, post: 1115306, member: 5956"] I had a cow (which calved for the last time at 18). At 13 she was very thin coming up to calving and produced twins for the first time in her life. The following year she was dry, but bearing in mind the hard time she'd had the previous year, I kept her on. The next year she twinned again! The last three were singles and I shouldn't have let the final one happen. She was incredibly thin by the time she calved, the calf was about 48lbs and the cow never fed her properly (couldn't produce the milk) and then fell down a hill and died five months later. That last daughter, my hope for continuation of that line, was very poor. Her two calves were good at weaning, then fell to pieces. I'm still waiting for the one I still have to reach killing weight at three. I'd never keep another cow that long again. [/QUOTE]
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