tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1951407630062872642.post3510905934931403676..comments2024-01-29T05:17:19.787-07:00Comments on Kari Lynn Dell - Western Author: Take a NumberKari Lynn Dellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06864636462802149247noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1951407630062872642.post-62200051788639462132015-03-01T21:48:54.639-07:002015-03-01T21:48:54.639-07:00Yes, the first traits are all good. As for the sto...Yes, the first traits are all good. As for the stomping...it depends on if all the other traits are good. We can deal with a cranky cow that raises big, healthy calves. But if she's cranky and not a good producer, we prefer to let her go live at someone else's house. <br /><br />As for the fence crawling, it's an art, and once a cow or calf learns it, it seems like they never forget. We'll give that heifer a chance if she's otherwise got all the goods, but if she proves to be an escape artist like her mother, she may punch her ticket to someone else's ranch. <br /><br />All of these being reasons to be very skeptical when buying older cows at an auction. Chances are, they're someone else's problem child. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1951407630062872642.post-34699865300761945052015-03-01T21:27:06.028-07:002015-03-01T21:27:06.028-07:00It's hard to know if some of these traits are ...It's hard to know if some of these traits are desirable or not.<br /><br />Was she a consistently early calver who never had trouble giving birth? Did she have a lot of milk? Take good care of her calf? <br /><br />I guess these are all good things you would want in a heifer you keep. But what about this:<br /><br />Try to stomp us into the frozen ground when we applied the eartag in question? <br /><br />Is that good or bad? Sounds good...protective, she's a good mother. But could be bad, she could be violent. That's a scary thought.<br /><br />Is she a fence crawler who's constantly out in the neighbor's grain field and took her sweet, impressionable daughter along? <br /><br />I'm pretty sure a fence crawler is bad. But shouldn't you get rid of the fence-crawling mother instead of that sweet daughter?<br />Portiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08909444191769056637noreply@blogger.com