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<blockquote data-quote="Brandonm22" data-source="post: 602084" data-attributes="member: 7645"><p>Their experiences with Chianinas are similar to what I have observed. If my math is right they only stayed in the herd about 5 years on average. That is almost dairy cow bad. They either are just selling cows real early to make room for new genetics or they can't shovel enough groceries into those mammoth mamas to get them rebred. I wouldn't expect the topline or the feet and legs to get to be real serious problems on cattle that young. Once that first calf is out of the way and that young cow gets rebred, the vast majority of cows are going too hold up to age 8 or 9. When we talk about longevity, we really are talking about how many calves can she have after age 7. This is also a really hard study to do properly. It is really hard too seperate structure from performance. Did a cow come up open because she is a little post legged so can't get around quite as well as the other cows, thus she isn't in as good a condition, thus her calf is a little lighter than the rest, and maybe she didn't get settled? Why was she culled on your little card? Open? Suboptimal mothering ability? low condition score? or bad rear wheels? Structure is just so much silliness until it affects performance.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brandonm22, post: 602084, member: 7645"] Their experiences with Chianinas are similar to what I have observed. If my math is right they only stayed in the herd about 5 years on average. That is almost dairy cow bad. They either are just selling cows real early to make room for new genetics or they can't shovel enough groceries into those mammoth mamas to get them rebred. I wouldn't expect the topline or the feet and legs to get to be real serious problems on cattle that young. Once that first calf is out of the way and that young cow gets rebred, the vast majority of cows are going too hold up to age 8 or 9. When we talk about longevity, we really are talking about how many calves can she have after age 7. This is also a really hard study to do properly. It is really hard too seperate structure from performance. Did a cow come up open because she is a little post legged so can't get around quite as well as the other cows, thus she isn't in as good a condition, thus her calf is a little lighter than the rest, and maybe she didn't get settled? Why was she culled on your little card? Open? Suboptimal mothering ability? low condition score? or bad rear wheels? Structure is just so much silliness until it affects performance. [/QUOTE]
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