3waycross":1xe1rg3p said:
Sounds to me then that she does still fit your plan at least for the "NEAR" future. Then by all means keep her.
Actually 3way I think I am just talking myself into a bad decision . She should probably go and then I can keep 2 more PB replacement heifers that I really like this year plus Valentine my gelbstein out of a retired flush cow who I had to put down last month. I want to keep her because they come in handy when you need nurse cows and after 4 sets of twins this year and a loss of a great cow due to a broken leg they are a blessing. I think this will be an eyeopener for me and I need to think of my herd in 2 years after hopefully we have recovered from this drought.
Thanks for all of the responses and I need to look to the future and not just tomorrow.
Thanks Randi ,,I left out a big part of this story though.. :lol2: The heifer I am keeping is Stormy and I raised her remember my -40 bottle baby last year and the mom wouldn't take her..
The last calf she weened was in '07 so you see most of you would have kicked her out last year already when she wouldn't take her calf.
Now here is more to her story as well, she wouldn't take her stupid calf this year either so I got really really PO'd as I refused to raise a calf myself this year and I had enough extras around already. So I gave her 17cc's of atravet , put a halter on her .I went out a 1/2 hour later, tied her leg , and put the calf on her. That calf drank for almost 45minutes I think she thought it was her last meal. I untied her and left the two together in the poll barn over night and when I went out at 5 that morning mom and calf were best buds. That is why it is so strange that she took Valentine in after she lost her mom ,,weird to say the least..
I know I did what I have chastised others for doing in the past, but it was do or die for her this year anyways, as if she didn't take her calf hubby was going to shoot her anyways.. ;-)
See there is always more to a story.. :lol2:
Yep, now that I read all that she has done, she goes for sure. I have too many good ones out there that will take their calves without hesitation. BTW is is PB red angus.
Thanks again all.. :tiphat: