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<blockquote data-quote="GA Farm Boy" data-source="post: 924726" data-attributes="member: 18442"><p>My herd is at a comfortable size (16 cows and 1 bull) for me to manage finally so therefore I doubt I will be keeping any replacement heifers in the next short while. If I need to cull a cow I will probably just sell the cow and buy/trade a heifer to take its place. I know this is not a big operation but it is has taken me eight years starting from scratch to get to this goal. I plan on growing in land and herd size in the future, but the next step is buying more land and starting the process on it again. I have found the land I want to buy, but it will be next spring before I will be able to purchase it. In the past I'm sure I have sold at the wrong time and weight but it was more of a needing operating money senerio versus a smart decision. I am trying to figure out if my best plan would be selling calves around the six month old weaning age, or wean them and move them to a seperate pasture with a creep feed and try to put some lbs on them. I believe I have pondered on this so long I have confused the two sides of my brain and now they are working against each other in a figure 8. If some of you suggest adding lbs to them please give an idea of what the ideal selling weight would be. I am in central Georgia.</p><p></p><p>Thanks,</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GA Farm Boy, post: 924726, member: 18442"] My herd is at a comfortable size (16 cows and 1 bull) for me to manage finally so therefore I doubt I will be keeping any replacement heifers in the next short while. If I need to cull a cow I will probably just sell the cow and buy/trade a heifer to take its place. I know this is not a big operation but it is has taken me eight years starting from scratch to get to this goal. I plan on growing in land and herd size in the future, but the next step is buying more land and starting the process on it again. I have found the land I want to buy, but it will be next spring before I will be able to purchase it. In the past I'm sure I have sold at the wrong time and weight but it was more of a needing operating money senerio versus a smart decision. I am trying to figure out if my best plan would be selling calves around the six month old weaning age, or wean them and move them to a seperate pasture with a creep feed and try to put some lbs on them. I believe I have pondered on this so long I have confused the two sides of my brain and now they are working against each other in a figure 8. If some of you suggest adding lbs to them please give an idea of what the ideal selling weight would be. I am in central Georgia. Thanks, [/QUOTE]
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