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Shouldnt salebarns identify "Freemartins"?
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<blockquote data-quote="BC" data-source="post: 159709" data-attributes="member: 67"><p>The dairy sale at Sulphur Springs checks older heifers, but I don't think you can tell on baby calves. I see freemartins marked with FM on rump.</p><p></p><p>Dairymen in this area sometimes sell surplus heifers for cash flow. The majority of these are grazing daries and they do not use up the cows like a freestall operation, so they have more than they need for replacements.</p><p></p><p>I am sorry for the trouble you went through, but some of the dairy heifer raisers tell me that they figure on a percentage of the baby calves turning out to be freemartins when bidding on heifers.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BC, post: 159709, member: 67"] The dairy sale at Sulphur Springs checks older heifers, but I don't think you can tell on baby calves. I see freemartins marked with FM on rump. Dairymen in this area sometimes sell surplus heifers for cash flow. The majority of these are grazing daries and they do not use up the cows like a freestall operation, so they have more than they need for replacements. I am sorry for the trouble you went through, but some of the dairy heifer raisers tell me that they figure on a percentage of the baby calves turning out to be freemartins when bidding on heifers. [/QUOTE]
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