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Suckler cows.. is it worth it?
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<blockquote data-quote="Anymulewilldo" data-source="post: 8179286" data-attributes="member: 144597"><p>Depends on the cow and why the calf died. Good cows under 4th calf get adopted onto. But I’ve plenty of good dairy men I can reliably source a good disease free calf from. Cows I don’t like or have been doing something stupid get dried off on straw, good dose of spot on (swish now) and turned out with the heifers until cleaned up and shining. Then off they go.</p><p>Got a 9th calver here, due too calve this week. Been a lovely quiet cow until last autumn. Now when you go in the field she puts her head up and is away with the fairies. She’ll calve and go straight in with the heifers. Rear me the calf and then away she goes. I’ve already picked her replacement heifer! <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="☺️" title="Smiling face :relaxed:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.5/png/unicode/64/263a.png" data-shortname=":relaxed:" /></p><p>I was looking at my motley bunch of cows last night, and then at their bulls from last year in the shed. Put against the dairy bred blues/lims I’ve got in the other pens that cost £250-£340 at 5 weeks I won’t be parting with my cows anytime soon. If all goes too plan this next 12 months we’ll be upping them quite significantly.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anymulewilldo, post: 8179286, member: 144597"] Depends on the cow and why the calf died. Good cows under 4th calf get adopted onto. But I’ve plenty of good dairy men I can reliably source a good disease free calf from. Cows I don’t like or have been doing something stupid get dried off on straw, good dose of spot on (swish now) and turned out with the heifers until cleaned up and shining. Then off they go. Got a 9th calver here, due too calve this week. Been a lovely quiet cow until last autumn. Now when you go in the field she puts her head up and is away with the fairies. She’ll calve and go straight in with the heifers. Rear me the calf and then away she goes. I’ve already picked her replacement heifer! ☺️ I was looking at my motley bunch of cows last night, and then at their bulls from last year in the shed. Put against the dairy bred blues/lims I’ve got in the other pens that cost £250-£340 at 5 weeks I won’t be parting with my cows anytime soon. If all goes too plan this next 12 months we’ll be upping them quite significantly. [/QUOTE]
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