True Grit Farms":2wvj9kij said:
Could be or it might be we're raising wimpy whiners not fit for the environment their being raised in. And by nature not culling the weak, and modern medicine they've become dependent on others to survive.
I doubt cattle are any weaker today than they were when my dad raised cattle.
He was born in 1921. Except for service in the US Army during World War II, he always had horses and cows.
Listen very clearly - They DIDN'T cull anything for half the traits we talk about on this forum. Granted, he is only one data point but cattle were not culled on the same scale they are today. Most cattleman at least in Kentucky operated like he did and BTW, they had cattle die then just like the ones here who are losing calves.
It is entertaining to use ANECDOTAL evidence to conversate on but you have no data to argue either way and neither do I.