
11/19/14, 11:54 AM
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Location: Alberta, Canada
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Originally Posted by Gripshover
Im not positive but I dont think the calf was premature. I only get a bull once a year for 2 mos. I have 8 cows and she was the 6th cow to calve. I do rotational grazing so the cows were still on pasture not many weeds this year in the fields. I sprayed with 2 4 d early in the year. not on hay yet. Sinc she is only 2.5 yrs old I was going to feed her out and eat her. I have a steer and a heifer that are 14 mos old that i started feeding out so I was thinking of eating her and selling 1 of them.
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I know I mentioned previously that I would likely give her a second chance and I still do believe that you may find the results different but given the size of your herd, keeping a heifer that did not raise a viable calf is expensive so under your circumstances, I think I'd probably do the same.
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