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<blockquote data-quote="royB" data-source="post: 39471" data-attributes="member: 91"><p>A little more from a late starter. I've only had my cows now for 3 yrs. We started with 4 3-in-1's. The next spring I thought I was going to be ahead by buying a bred cow with a bull calf (reg Angus) and using the bull for my herd bull since the guy I bough them from was going to breed back the cow for me after she calved. She calved alright and the bull grew to be a really nice looking bull. Very much like his reg sire that was in the top f the Angus herd. Jump ahead to the next yr when I was waiting for the calves to start arriving. After a few months I had the bull checked by the vet and he failed the breeding soundness exam. Twice. Bull was then gnoe, but not till I lost an entire yrs calf crop. I finally got a new bull, had my cows preg checked and they are now all bred.</p><p></p><p>My point? Even the simplest things can mess you up. Like most have suggested I paid cash for my cows/bulls so it didn't hurt me nearly as bad as if I had to make payments on them. </p><p></p><p>We are now up to 14 cows and a bull and with prices as high as they are I've sold off some of the older "annoying" cows and left the money in the bank waiting for the fall price drop (hopefully anyway)</p><p></p><p>With that said, I too get discouraged about not being able to move faster into it full time (my wife would love to tell you about it I'm sure). It makes for a long week working full time and building up a herd and improving the facilities at the same time. </p><p></p><p></p><p>Roy</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="royB, post: 39471, member: 91"] A little more from a late starter. I've only had my cows now for 3 yrs. We started with 4 3-in-1's. The next spring I thought I was going to be ahead by buying a bred cow with a bull calf (reg Angus) and using the bull for my herd bull since the guy I bough them from was going to breed back the cow for me after she calved. She calved alright and the bull grew to be a really nice looking bull. Very much like his reg sire that was in the top f the Angus herd. Jump ahead to the next yr when I was waiting for the calves to start arriving. After a few months I had the bull checked by the vet and he failed the breeding soundness exam. Twice. Bull was then gnoe, but not till I lost an entire yrs calf crop. I finally got a new bull, had my cows preg checked and they are now all bred. My point? Even the simplest things can mess you up. Like most have suggested I paid cash for my cows/bulls so it didn't hurt me nearly as bad as if I had to make payments on them. We are now up to 14 cows and a bull and with prices as high as they are I've sold off some of the older "annoying" cows and left the money in the bank waiting for the fall price drop (hopefully anyway) With that said, I too get discouraged about not being able to move faster into it full time (my wife would love to tell you about it I'm sure). It makes for a long week working full time and building up a herd and improving the facilities at the same time. Roy [/QUOTE]
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