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to what age do you keep your cows?
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<blockquote data-quote="Nesikep" data-source="post: 1205402" data-attributes="member: 9096"><p>Back before I discovered my serious mineral deficiencies, The old cow I had would get late, and catch up great, and then get a bit late again.. Her 14th calf was born May 5th, which is about a good month later than when I end my season.. I gave her a pass on it, that heifer, despite being a little short on growing season was up to snuff with the rest of her mates and I kept her.. she didn't suffer from being younger. After that the old cow caught back up really well (that's about when I figured out the minerals) and had the 4th calf of the season 2 years later.</p><p></p><p>The only danger I see now in buying culls is that if the market would suddenly collapse they're be quite worthless, so unless you got several decent calves from them you'd be losing out there.. If you bought quality younger animals now, even if the market collapses you still have some value.. they may even live to a market recovery.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nesikep, post: 1205402, member: 9096"] Back before I discovered my serious mineral deficiencies, The old cow I had would get late, and catch up great, and then get a bit late again.. Her 14th calf was born May 5th, which is about a good month later than when I end my season.. I gave her a pass on it, that heifer, despite being a little short on growing season was up to snuff with the rest of her mates and I kept her.. she didn't suffer from being younger. After that the old cow caught back up really well (that's about when I figured out the minerals) and had the 4th calf of the season 2 years later. The only danger I see now in buying culls is that if the market would suddenly collapse they're be quite worthless, so unless you got several decent calves from them you'd be losing out there.. If you bought quality younger animals now, even if the market collapses you still have some value.. they may even live to a market recovery. [/QUOTE]
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