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<blockquote data-quote="KNERSIE" data-source="post: 630528" data-attributes="member: 4353"><p>I retain my own heifers. The way I raise mine will probably raise a few eyebrows as my yearling weights will in most cases sound very uncompetitive, but they are raised on whatever is available to eat in the veld without supplement. Heifers that survive this culling method never disappoints in the ease of keeping and from the first calving onwards will only be culled on their ability to raise a calf and breed back under the same circumstances.</p><p></p><p>I've decided last year to close my registered cowherd and not to buy any more females in, but a good friend who was in a bad drought offered me a few good ones in very sorry condition for a good price that I just couldn't pass on.</p><p></p><p>As far as commercial cattle, I won't hesitate buying heifers or preferably older cows from my bull customers if they were sired by one of my bulls.</p><p></p><p>Buying unknown genetics in replacement heifers is a crap shot at best, you're in most cases better off buying older bred cows out of good herds.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KNERSIE, post: 630528, member: 4353"] I retain my own heifers. The way I raise mine will probably raise a few eyebrows as my yearling weights will in most cases sound very uncompetitive, but they are raised on whatever is available to eat in the veld without supplement. Heifers that survive this culling method never disappoints in the ease of keeping and from the first calving onwards will only be culled on their ability to raise a calf and breed back under the same circumstances. I've decided last year to close my registered cowherd and not to buy any more females in, but a good friend who was in a bad drought offered me a few good ones in very sorry condition for a good price that I just couldn't pass on. As far as commercial cattle, I won't hesitate buying heifers or preferably older cows from my bull customers if they were sired by one of my bulls. Buying unknown genetics in replacement heifers is a crap shot at best, you're in most cases better off buying older bred cows out of good herds. [/QUOTE]
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