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<blockquote data-quote="RDFF" data-source="post: 1671232" data-attributes="member: 39018"><p>Lucky, totally agree that "from a pure economic standpoint, culling any cow that doesn't deliver a live calf, or raise it to weaning... no excuses... is the way to go." And I'm sure you would agree as well that it should go beyond just delivering and raising a live calf to weaning... if she's a "hard keeper", or has poor feet and legs, or a bad temperament, etc. I include in that pretty much all "issues", as a "principle"......... which of course, often gets violated for a good number of our justifications <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> . But I would be willing to bet that if you ruthlessly culled for every problem, you might have a fairly small herd, but I'd bet they'd be able to work for themselves, instead of us working for them!</p><p></p><p>The best cow in the herd is the one that you can barely even know who she is or that she's out there... she's never given you any reason to look at her suspiciously, and she just did her job, every day, without your help or intervention. "But"... is probably one of the most dangerous and costly words in the English language when we are making culling decisions.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RDFF, post: 1671232, member: 39018"] Lucky, totally agree that "from a pure economic standpoint, culling any cow that doesn't deliver a live calf, or raise it to weaning... no excuses... is the way to go." And I'm sure you would agree as well that it should go beyond just delivering and raising a live calf to weaning... if she's a "hard keeper", or has poor feet and legs, or a bad temperament, etc. I include in that pretty much all "issues", as a "principle"......... which of course, often gets violated for a good number of our justifications :) . But I would be willing to bet that if you ruthlessly culled for every problem, you might have a fairly small herd, but I'd bet they'd be able to work for themselves, instead of us working for them! The best cow in the herd is the one that you can barely even know who she is or that she's out there... she's never given you any reason to look at her suspiciously, and she just did her job, every day, without your help or intervention. "But"... is probably one of the most dangerous and costly words in the English language when we are making culling decisions. [/QUOTE]
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