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<blockquote data-quote="Jeanne - Simme Valley" data-source="post: 1720245" data-attributes="member: 968"><p>TC - If you have a 1st calf heifer (2 yr old) that raises a pizz poor calf, and she is a phenotypical and genotypical good replacement, I will give her a 2nd chance. Maybe the calf got sick early on and I didn't catch it?? maybe she will do better.</p><p>If you have a mature cow and she raises a dink but never did before - no, I would not cull her. I have way too much time and money into replacement females (we all do - commercial or purebred). Getting another calf out of her is financially to my benefit. </p><p>But, there is no wey in he!! I would keep a dink raising cow and wean the calf early to get better growth out of the calf. My cows don't work hard enough evidently, because they stay fat and sassy. I probably could leave my calves on an extra month, but it does not FIT my management program (timing).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jeanne - Simme Valley, post: 1720245, member: 968"] TC - If you have a 1st calf heifer (2 yr old) that raises a pizz poor calf, and she is a phenotypical and genotypical good replacement, I will give her a 2nd chance. Maybe the calf got sick early on and I didn't catch it?? maybe she will do better. If you have a mature cow and she raises a dink but never did before - no, I would not cull her. I have way too much time and money into replacement females (we all do - commercial or purebred). Getting another calf out of her is financially to my benefit. But, there is no wey in he!! I would keep a dink raising cow and wean the calf early to get better growth out of the calf. My cows don't work hard enough evidently, because they stay fat and sassy. I probably could leave my calves on an extra month, but it does not FIT my management program (timing). [/QUOTE]
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