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Should I buy these heifers? Im a newbie
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<blockquote data-quote="hicky214" data-source="post: 1111286" data-attributes="member: 21859"><p>Well as I have posted before Im a New one in this "business". Im spending 50 times what I'm making but to be honest Im loving it. I grew up with cows now at 33 and with plenty of land available I'm getting back in. So I am buying cows slowly. But most of what I have looked at has been culls and junk. I was coming home from work today and I was following a trailer full of hay. So I pulled in when the man turned and asked if he was looking to sell any hay as I need enough to get me through. Long story short he has 220 head and he has 10 nice looking heifers that have been bread to a registered easy calving bull. Roughly 16 months old and 800-900 pounds. He said he would take 1200.00 for them. I have never had a heifer and have read the stories. But I am in this for the long haul and I need some breeders. All of my cows are 5-8 year olds and all up to calve by May. They have been vet checked. She said one was 8 months pregnant 29 days ago and she calved today. But looking towards the future what should a younger farmer do? The heifers have been with the bull for around 2months so one assumes they are bread but I don't want to purchase an unbread heifer</p><p></p><p>I appreciate all of your advice</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hicky214, post: 1111286, member: 21859"] Well as I have posted before Im a New one in this "business". Im spending 50 times what I'm making but to be honest Im loving it. I grew up with cows now at 33 and with plenty of land available I'm getting back in. So I am buying cows slowly. But most of what I have looked at has been culls and junk. I was coming home from work today and I was following a trailer full of hay. So I pulled in when the man turned and asked if he was looking to sell any hay as I need enough to get me through. Long story short he has 220 head and he has 10 nice looking heifers that have been bread to a registered easy calving bull. Roughly 16 months old and 800-900 pounds. He said he would take 1200.00 for them. I have never had a heifer and have read the stories. But I am in this for the long haul and I need some breeders. All of my cows are 5-8 year olds and all up to calve by May. They have been vet checked. She said one was 8 months pregnant 29 days ago and she calved today. But looking towards the future what should a younger farmer do? The heifers have been with the bull for around 2months so one assumes they are bread but I don't want to purchase an unbread heifer I appreciate all of your advice [/QUOTE]
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