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<blockquote data-quote="farmerjan" data-source="post: 1796319" data-attributes="member: 25884"><p>If you bought them Feb 5 and they weighed 580... this is March 26 ... 7 weeks... say 50 days... and you expected them to gain 120 lbs in 50 days... in Ontario, in the colder north... that is 2 1/2 lbs a day more or less???? At this time of year? Is that possible up there? We don't get that kind of gain here except during the summer on extremely good grass... </p><p>Just thought... are the weights up there different than the weights in USA like your money system and your temperature is different????</p><p></p><p> We do not breed our heifers that young or that small.... I want them to calve at 26-30 months... I want them big enough to be able to drop a calf and get on with it... I want them a little more mature so they are more apt to look at the calf and say.... ding ding ding... that is MY new baby.... not look at it and think what is that.....People say that you need to have a calf on the ground by 24 months or you lose time... I have very few that do not breed back by allowing them to have a little more growth and body when they calve instead of them struggling to grow and milk and cycle to get bred back like when they are younger. And we greatly prefer heifers to calve in the spring so that they have the advantage of the warmer temps, the green grass growing to make milk, and not struggling to keep up her body temp in the cold on top of breeding back also....... I will hold over a heifer and wait for her to breed older, rather than have her calving in the fall because she is 22-24 months... 30 months for the first calf born in the better weather is fine with me...</p><p></p><p>My personal preferences....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="farmerjan, post: 1796319, member: 25884"] If you bought them Feb 5 and they weighed 580... this is March 26 ... 7 weeks... say 50 days... and you expected them to gain 120 lbs in 50 days... in Ontario, in the colder north... that is 2 1/2 lbs a day more or less???? At this time of year? Is that possible up there? We don't get that kind of gain here except during the summer on extremely good grass... Just thought... are the weights up there different than the weights in USA like your money system and your temperature is different???? We do not breed our heifers that young or that small.... I want them to calve at 26-30 months... I want them big enough to be able to drop a calf and get on with it... I want them a little more mature so they are more apt to look at the calf and say.... ding ding ding... that is MY new baby.... not look at it and think what is that.....People say that you need to have a calf on the ground by 24 months or you lose time... I have very few that do not breed back by allowing them to have a little more growth and body when they calve instead of them struggling to grow and milk and cycle to get bred back like when they are younger. And we greatly prefer heifers to calve in the spring so that they have the advantage of the warmer temps, the green grass growing to make milk, and not struggling to keep up her body temp in the cold on top of breeding back also....... I will hold over a heifer and wait for her to breed older, rather than have her calving in the fall because she is 22-24 months... 30 months for the first calf born in the better weather is fine with me... My personal preferences.... [/QUOTE]
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