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<blockquote data-quote="2/B or not 2/B" data-source="post: 656600" data-attributes="member: 7233"><p>DB, you can go either way. I certainly understand the $ issue. If it was me, I'd invest in one proven cow over two or even three not so great quality unknown heifers. Even if the heifers put calves on the ground in 2 or 3 years, what if they end up having poor udder structure, don't mother their calves, or don't breed back? If you have to sell them for slaughter and start over, all that time will be lost. We're in a similar situation and probably should have just sold all our cows when we inherited them and then bought a few good registered breeding animals. Didn't do that of course. Had to do it the slow, hard way! I learned my lesson and am not gonna buy any more sale barn cows (since I don't have the eye), and no more attempts at turning junky heifers into golden cows. Instead, we are investing in one or two good quality breeding animals each year and we'll build our way up from here.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="2/B or not 2/B, post: 656600, member: 7233"] DB, you can go either way. I certainly understand the $ issue. If it was me, I'd invest in one proven cow over two or even three not so great quality unknown heifers. Even if the heifers put calves on the ground in 2 or 3 years, what if they end up having poor udder structure, don't mother their calves, or don't breed back? If you have to sell them for slaughter and start over, all that time will be lost. We're in a similar situation and probably should have just sold all our cows when we inherited them and then bought a few good registered breeding animals. Didn't do that of course. Had to do it the slow, hard way! I learned my lesson and am not gonna buy any more sale barn cows (since I don't have the eye), and no more attempts at turning junky heifers into golden cows. Instead, we are investing in one or two good quality breeding animals each year and we'll build our way up from here. [/QUOTE]
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