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Breeding / Calving Issues
Opinions needed, especially form those with Brown Swiss experience
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<blockquote data-quote="Travlr" data-source="post: 1771030" data-attributes="member: 42463"><p>Straight dairy have issues related to staying productive on the DAIRY industry. The huge udders have suspension problems, they get mastitis until it's chronic, and as they age they may give less milk. Age brings other issues too, like arthritis and hoof problems.</p><p></p><p>But a good beef cross pretty much fixes all these issues, and just using them as a beef cow is beneficial to their longevity. Still, older cows are older cows. As mentioned several times I specialized in replacement heifers and bought older cows to raise them from. They do much better than most people give them credit for... but you have to watch them closer than younger cows. If you are looking to raise heifers a good 10/12 year old cow has proven her worth in the real world and after getting two or three calves they bring just as much as what you paid for them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Travlr, post: 1771030, member: 42463"] Straight dairy have issues related to staying productive on the DAIRY industry. The huge udders have suspension problems, they get mastitis until it's chronic, and as they age they may give less milk. Age brings other issues too, like arthritis and hoof problems. But a good beef cross pretty much fixes all these issues, and just using them as a beef cow is beneficial to their longevity. Still, older cows are older cows. As mentioned several times I specialized in replacement heifers and bought older cows to raise them from. They do much better than most people give them credit for... but you have to watch them closer than younger cows. If you are looking to raise heifers a good 10/12 year old cow has proven her worth in the real world and after getting two or three calves they bring just as much as what you paid for them. [/QUOTE]
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