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<blockquote data-quote="Jeanne - Simme Valley" data-source="post: 1544547" data-attributes="member: 968"><p>Hunter - I just shipped 4 cows on the rail. All open. I could have kept them and bred for a fall calf (losing only 1/2 year). These were top notch cows. Actually, one was a heifer I purchased for real good money. She had bad temperament and turned out to be a sucker. You cannot afford to keep cattle that are not performing.</p><p></p><p>Grit - I am not arguing your numbers. I understand where you are at with your cows. Sounds like a plan that is working for you. Are your cows actually weaning their calves? Or, <strong><u>have you left yearlings that were sucking at next calving time?</u></strong> I am hard pressed to believe a maternal cow will stop her calf from sucking her. Her calf WILL stop sucking if the cow runs out of milk. IMO, the only reason a cow will run out of milk is nutrition.</p><p>I think when you have little or no input, your output is less but your net can be more. </p><p>As I said, this is an option for a commercial herd that just wants to glean cash flow with little to no labor/investment.</p><p>Obviously, a PB breeder expecting to sell breeding stock would be money lost to attempt this. And I can not or never have been able to buy a cow that would fit into my breeding program for $700 (not even a weaned calf!)</p><p>We are talking totally different goals. </p><p>But, I am interested in your weaning - or not weaning. Evidently, you wean some, but are you saying the heifers you retain for replacements don't get weaned?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jeanne - Simme Valley, post: 1544547, member: 968"] Hunter - I just shipped 4 cows on the rail. All open. I could have kept them and bred for a fall calf (losing only 1/2 year). These were top notch cows. Actually, one was a heifer I purchased for real good money. She had bad temperament and turned out to be a sucker. You cannot afford to keep cattle that are not performing. Grit - I am not arguing your numbers. I understand where you are at with your cows. Sounds like a plan that is working for you. Are your cows actually weaning their calves? Or, [b][u]have you left yearlings that were sucking at next calving time?[/u][/b] I am hard pressed to believe a maternal cow will stop her calf from sucking her. Her calf WILL stop sucking if the cow runs out of milk. IMO, the only reason a cow will run out of milk is nutrition. I think when you have little or no input, your output is less but your net can be more. As I said, this is an option for a commercial herd that just wants to glean cash flow with little to no labor/investment. Obviously, a PB breeder expecting to sell breeding stock would be money lost to attempt this. And I can not or never have been able to buy a cow that would fit into my breeding program for $700 (not even a weaned calf!) We are talking totally different goals. But, I am interested in your weaning - or not weaning. Evidently, you wean some, but are you saying the heifers you retain for replacements don't get weaned? [/QUOTE]
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