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Ran across an interesting concept this weekend. What is your opnions?
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<blockquote data-quote="Warren Allison" data-source="post: 1773407" data-attributes="member: 40587"><p>Oh, I have no part in this at all, other than selling them some hay and finding them a bull. But yeah, you are right about the possible loss of their calves, especially if they breed to a Brahma. I asked them what happens if the dairy's heifers die on their place, or if their calf dies at the dairy before they get it. or if the heifer dies trying to birth a Brahma calf. They told me the dairy folks told them they were not responsible for the dairy heifer getting sick, injured or dying on their place or in giving birth, but they didn't say what would happen if <em>their</em> calf died or had problems those 2 months before they get it. </p><p></p><p>There won't be a lot of work handling them as, these calves will get there after being hand-raised for 2-3 months, both the full bloods and their half bloods. And they wont be dealing with calving these heifers, either. They will have to spend some money on fertilizer and herbicide on their 15 acre pasture. Right now they don't, with just 4 geldings on it With horses you don t want lush knee deep green pastures, Horses developed to continuously graze on marginal. low quality forage. With their 4 horses, they let a man that sells to hydro-seeders bale it. But if they do this, they will be buying hay to feed year round. And yes, it will be time consuming, There will be full dairy heifers from 2 months old to 24 months old there at any given time, plus their dairy bull calves for ever how long they keep them, plus their half-blood heifers and steers from 2 months to ever how long they keep them, all eating different kinds and amounts of feed. They need to tell those folks with the dairy, that they need to provide the hay and grain ( this dairy has a place, about 300 acres, where they raise corn, wheat, oats, rye and barley, and has a 40 acre bermuda hay filed on it) or either charge them so much per head per month.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Warren Allison, post: 1773407, member: 40587"] Oh, I have no part in this at all, other than selling them some hay and finding them a bull. But yeah, you are right about the possible loss of their calves, especially if they breed to a Brahma. I asked them what happens if the dairy's heifers die on their place, or if their calf dies at the dairy before they get it. or if the heifer dies trying to birth a Brahma calf. They told me the dairy folks told them they were not responsible for the dairy heifer getting sick, injured or dying on their place or in giving birth, but they didn't say what would happen if [I]their[/I] calf died or had problems those 2 months before they get it. There won't be a lot of work handling them as, these calves will get there after being hand-raised for 2-3 months, both the full bloods and their half bloods. And they wont be dealing with calving these heifers, either. They will have to spend some money on fertilizer and herbicide on their 15 acre pasture. Right now they don't, with just 4 geldings on it With horses you don t want lush knee deep green pastures, Horses developed to continuously graze on marginal. low quality forage. With their 4 horses, they let a man that sells to hydro-seeders bale it. But if they do this, they will be buying hay to feed year round. And yes, it will be time consuming, There will be full dairy heifers from 2 months old to 24 months old there at any given time, plus their dairy bull calves for ever how long they keep them, plus their half-blood heifers and steers from 2 months to ever how long they keep them, all eating different kinds and amounts of feed. They need to tell those folks with the dairy, that they need to provide the hay and grain ( this dairy has a place, about 300 acres, where they raise corn, wheat, oats, rye and barley, and has a 40 acre bermuda hay filed on it) or either charge them so much per head per month. [/QUOTE]
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