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<blockquote data-quote="cypressfarms" data-source="post: 755982" data-attributes="member: 2653"><p>The calf is not getting a lot of milk, no doubt about it - I'm not sure she's going to make it, but she's a spunky fighter. I'm not about to bring this calf up and start bottle feeding though. All I have in the cow is $250 (plus hay over the winter), so it's not like a big money situation. I can't see them bringing less than $250 - but hey you never know.</p><p></p><p>When we got these longhorns I agreed to keep them if they were docile, and if they produced a calf every year. On the other hand, I promised my girls that I'd keep the heifer calves - sell the steers ofcourse. I was hoping to cross them with a charolais and add some meat.</p><p></p><p>So ofcourse my daughters want to keep this heifer calf. It boils down to two choices. Sell the both of them in the next week or two, or keep them until the calf is weaned and sell them moma (Ofcourse, I'd have to check the calf out to make sure that she had four normal shaped teats).</p><p></p><p>Funny, if this was one of my "good" cows, I wouldn't think twice about culling them both - but with kids involved everything changes.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cypressfarms, post: 755982, member: 2653"] The calf is not getting a lot of milk, no doubt about it - I'm not sure she's going to make it, but she's a spunky fighter. I'm not about to bring this calf up and start bottle feeding though. All I have in the cow is $250 (plus hay over the winter), so it's not like a big money situation. I can't see them bringing less than $250 - but hey you never know. When we got these longhorns I agreed to keep them if they were docile, and if they produced a calf every year. On the other hand, I promised my girls that I'd keep the heifer calves - sell the steers ofcourse. I was hoping to cross them with a charolais and add some meat. So ofcourse my daughters want to keep this heifer calf. It boils down to two choices. Sell the both of them in the next week or two, or keep them until the calf is weaned and sell them moma (Ofcourse, I'd have to check the calf out to make sure that she had four normal shaped teats). Funny, if this was one of my "good" cows, I wouldn't think twice about culling them both - but with kids involved everything changes. [/QUOTE]
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