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<blockquote data-quote="Lovegoodstock" data-source="post: 2621214" data-attributes="member: 42646"><p>Fair points, you keep a cow for a year it at least needs to rear a calf. We have had this before on creep feed or not? I gave up milking five years ago so almost all cows are bb or blonde cross british friesans, So bordering too much milk. Like a few pure blondes, biggest fault lack of milk, in what I have, gradually trying to improve but no major issue as I find cross suckling is normal after 3/4 months. Best cows produce a calf worth 1250 at 10 months old , worst probably 400 quid less. If creep required its not going to cost you that much though obviously better if you don't, lighter weights to me in abbatoir, but accept varies on peoples systems breeding and systems, means a better conversion on weight gain to kill out % is hugely beneficial. Not that I do at the moment, only due to volume of sheep, but creeping young, continueing to feed to kill steers at say 15/16 months at between 580/ 680 kilos at killing out % of 60 -65 can justify the end product even if its a slightly dearer way of getting there. Though corn price I would argue cheaper than long term grazing and reducing turn over? Tried Parthenais on heifers, great as small carcass but growth rates poor, best were phenominal shapely things, biggest problem we had putting them on bb and blonde crosses was the double muscling gene included their tongue, many needed suckling for days, often when they learned they would take most the day to suckle one quater</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lovegoodstock, post: 2621214, member: 42646"] Fair points, you keep a cow for a year it at least needs to rear a calf. We have had this before on creep feed or not? I gave up milking five years ago so almost all cows are bb or blonde cross british friesans, So bordering too much milk. Like a few pure blondes, biggest fault lack of milk, in what I have, gradually trying to improve but no major issue as I find cross suckling is normal after 3/4 months. Best cows produce a calf worth 1250 at 10 months old , worst probably 400 quid less. If creep required its not going to cost you that much though obviously better if you don't, lighter weights to me in abbatoir, but accept varies on peoples systems breeding and systems, means a better conversion on weight gain to kill out % is hugely beneficial. Not that I do at the moment, only due to volume of sheep, but creeping young, continueing to feed to kill steers at say 15/16 months at between 580/ 680 kilos at killing out % of 60 -65 can justify the end product even if its a slightly dearer way of getting there. Though corn price I would argue cheaper than long term grazing and reducing turn over? Tried Parthenais on heifers, great as small carcass but growth rates poor, best were phenominal shapely things, biggest problem we had putting them on bb and blonde crosses was the double muscling gene included their tongue, many needed suckling for days, often when they learned they would take most the day to suckle one quater [/QUOTE]
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