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<blockquote data-quote="Travlr" data-source="post: 1796044" data-attributes="member: 42463"><p>If you want to have a couple of cows and go through calving to learn, get a couple of older, cull cows that are close to calving. They will run with your steers and most likely not have trouble calving because they have already proven themselves over years of experience. Sometimes you will find them with numbers on them, or tags with years, denoting what "model" they are. Look for 13/14 or newer, in good flesh but not fat, and that can walk and move well. DON'T buy heifers because the learning curve on them is likely to cost you money.</p><p></p><p>You don't want to see ribs... but you don't want to see pendulous briskets or pockets of jelly under the skin at the tail head.</p><p></p><p>Let them calve and raise it with your steers, and then sell the cow after the calf is seven months old. Likely you will get what you paid for her.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Travlr, post: 1796044, member: 42463"] If you want to have a couple of cows and go through calving to learn, get a couple of older, cull cows that are close to calving. They will run with your steers and most likely not have trouble calving because they have already proven themselves over years of experience. Sometimes you will find them with numbers on them, or tags with years, denoting what "model" they are. Look for 13/14 or newer, in good flesh but not fat, and that can walk and move well. DON'T buy heifers because the learning curve on them is likely to cost you money. You don't want to see ribs... but you don't want to see pendulous briskets or pockets of jelly under the skin at the tail head. Let them calve and raise it with your steers, and then sell the cow after the calf is seven months old. Likely you will get what you paid for her. [/QUOTE]
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