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<blockquote data-quote="cypressfarms" data-source="post: 800551" data-attributes="member: 2653"><p>I'd like to ammend my title from "twins and buzzards... I hate both" to "twins, buzzards and heifers that abandon their calves...I hate all three".</p><p></p><p>Just had a really nice heifer that I've been waiting on calve.Nice black brockle face that was a cross between my brangus bull at my dad's place and a true black baldy. She calved in the evening Christmas eve. I saw the calf stand and walk next to her; big bull calf. (Big for me is 90 pounds) The heifer(moma) had cleaned the baby off and eaten the afterbirth. At this point I was thinking that this would be a good moma. I left them to spend some quality time. Next morning I showed up and no moma. Moma apparently left the calf to go to the hay shortly after I left and the calf never sucked. The calf was barely breathing, was cold; I knew it wasn't going to make it. My 6 year old boy was with me, so for the sake of things I brought the calf to the front and tried to tube it with milk. Poor guy never had a chance. For three days now the brockle heifer goes back to where she had the calf and looks for it. She has a nice udder, she's really tame - but if she can't raise a calf she's gone. Been debating whether to give her a second chance, but with the prices high like they are, it's hard to take a chance that she would do better next year with calf 2.</p><p></p><p>What started as a great calving season has quickly changed in just one week. Fortunately one of the older momas pulled things up for me by bringing a really nice heifer up just a couple of days ago. Give me an old cow any day. For the life of me I can't see why people pay so much money for bred heifers when they have no idea what kind of moma it's going to be. I'd take a 5 year old cow any day over a bred heifer. I understand genetic improvement and all the arguments for heifers, but it's hard to argue with a live calf versus a dead one. Thankfully I have no more heifers to calve this season; only proven momas. That's worth a lot of piece of mind.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cypressfarms, post: 800551, member: 2653"] I'd like to ammend my title from "twins and buzzards... I hate both" to "twins, buzzards and heifers that abandon their calves...I hate all three". Just had a really nice heifer that I've been waiting on calve.Nice black brockle face that was a cross between my brangus bull at my dad's place and a true black baldy. She calved in the evening Christmas eve. I saw the calf stand and walk next to her; big bull calf. (Big for me is 90 pounds) The heifer(moma) had cleaned the baby off and eaten the afterbirth. At this point I was thinking that this would be a good moma. I left them to spend some quality time. Next morning I showed up and no moma. Moma apparently left the calf to go to the hay shortly after I left and the calf never sucked. The calf was barely breathing, was cold; I knew it wasn't going to make it. My 6 year old boy was with me, so for the sake of things I brought the calf to the front and tried to tube it with milk. Poor guy never had a chance. For three days now the brockle heifer goes back to where she had the calf and looks for it. She has a nice udder, she's really tame - but if she can't raise a calf she's gone. Been debating whether to give her a second chance, but with the prices high like they are, it's hard to take a chance that she would do better next year with calf 2. What started as a great calving season has quickly changed in just one week. Fortunately one of the older momas pulled things up for me by bringing a really nice heifer up just a couple of days ago. Give me an old cow any day. For the life of me I can't see why people pay so much money for bred heifers when they have no idea what kind of moma it's going to be. I'd take a 5 year old cow any day over a bred heifer. I understand genetic improvement and all the arguments for heifers, but it's hard to argue with a live calf versus a dead one. Thankfully I have no more heifers to calve this season; only proven momas. That's worth a lot of piece of mind. [/QUOTE]
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