Posted by RodInNS on April 12, 2009 at 20:05:00 from (216.118.158.123):
In Reply to: Re: cow sling posted by phillip d on April 12, 2009 at 16:55:45:
Doesn't sound lazy to me, just practical. We used to try and save every one. Vet bills over a grand sometimes. The one that broke me was a dead calf, I think about 9 or 10 years ago TODAY. The vet spent nearly 6 hours cutting the calf out. She was down for nearly 3 weeks. We fought with her every day, turning her over, Borgal on top of more Borgal. Finally she got up... and milked about 15 pounds all summer. Got fat on grass and we shipped her. Those were the days when you could get a grand for a good animal like that. This was just a heifer after all.... So at the end of the summer, we'd looked after the hatefull devil all summer to get back what she owed us on the vet bill and more or less paid her feed. We worked for nothing... So the way I look at it, even the ones you save cost you more than they're worth. Now if I get a downer, I take a hard look at her... and if she's one of those cows that doesn't have any 'fight' in her, she might get a day. I'm not wasting my time on something that won't try. We've found we're far better off spending our time and money on things that prevent the problems in the first place. I think most around here do the same. It's perhpas sad to say that, but sometimes you trip over dollars to save dimes if you don't do that...
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