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Post by 11111 on Apr 11, 2020 7:48:01 GMT -6
Everything I own is for sale, just make me an offer. Can I interest you in a couple broke mouth cows? They are my best cows. I've had them forever. You know, we run a lot of our own. If they continue to hold condition, we keep them. We bought cows back in 2014 that were roughly aged at 10 years old. Still got them.
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Post by chuckie on Apr 11, 2020 9:26:08 GMT -6
When a calf turns out to be really nice, you know that the right genes connected with each parent to make the heifer. My best cow, Nell, came from my previous best cow, Rachel #1, and she produced some great babies. I have another cow, Rachel #2, that is out of the same cow that Nell is out of. Both of these two cows produce my best calves.
So, I am always excited to see what the calf will be when it arrives. Funny how Rachel #2 has only had heifers up to this point, and Nell has had only bulls. Once Nell had twins, and one was a heifer, but she was sterile. That was one fancy looking heifer, and hated she turned out that way.
My best cows always make me look forward to when they calve and I enjoy watching the babies grow. I like watching them all grow, but the two best cows give it that special interest I enjoy so much.
I have kept a few heifers out of cows that were not my best, and the offspring was only mediocre. So, keeping the best helps to insure a better outcome.
I had one cow, Kizzie, that was a really good cow, but she never did have the calf that I hoped she would duplicate. I passed her on to my husband's commercial herd.
If I sold either Nell or Rachel #2, I would be kicking my butt each day. The joy of the money is not replaced with the pleasure that they bring me.
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Post by cowrancher75 on Apr 13, 2020 5:00:58 GMT -6
depending on the price i'd sell.. thats the name of the game
one time these boys came from canada and wanted a bunch of my sheep and cows. they offered really really great money.. I went out and caught everything I could and loaded it up.
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Post by angusrancher on Apr 13, 2020 7:17:21 GMT -6
When a calf turns out to be really nice, you know that the right genes connected with each parent to make the heifer. My best cow, Nell, came from my previous best cow, Rachel #1, and she produced some great babies. I have another cow, Rachel #2, that is out of the same cow that Nell is out of. Both of these two cows produce my best calves. So, I am always excited to see what the calf will be when it arrives. Funny how Rachel #2 has only had heifers up to this point, and Nell has had only bulls. Once Nell had twins, and one was a heifer, but she was sterile. That was one fancy looking heifer, and hated she turned out that way. My best cows always make me look forward to when they calve and I enjoy watching the babies grow. I like watching them all grow, but the two best cows give it that special interest I enjoy so much. I have kept a few heifers out of cows that were not my best, and the offspring was only mediocre. So, keeping the best helps to insure a better outcome. I had one cow, Kizzie, that was a really good cow, but she never did have the calf that I hoped she would duplicate. I passed her on to my husband's commercial herd. If I sold either Nell or Rachel #2, I would be kicking my butt each day. The joy of the money is not replaced with the pleasure that they bring me. I had to Google the name Kizzie. Is her sire named Mandingo? LOL
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Post by chuckie on Apr 13, 2020 10:13:08 GMT -6
Kizzie is a name that I remember from some movie or TV series. It may have been "Roots." I suppose it is a name that got stuck in a crack in my brain. Kizzie was one one of those cows that stayed really fat no matter what she ate. She had a calf each year and was good natured. I hated sending her to the commercial herd, but she had about four calves that did not turn out to be as good as she was. She is still as fat as a butterball there.
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Post by okie on Apr 14, 2020 20:58:16 GMT -6
I did. In fact I sold all of them. There are about five "best heifers" over the years that I sure wish I had back. There were two half sisters that I sold private treaty when I cleaned out that I sure would like to have back. The funny thing is that I sold them cheap because I knew where they were going. Two little kids got the best start I could give them, and so did my heifers.
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