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vet checked the heifers last week. 5 of the 6 are approx 3.5 months bred. the open one took a one way trip to town monday morning.

the dams to my heifers and cows are mostly crossbred

My intent is to retain heifers with a similar balance of gelbvieh. I have been able to purchase half gelbvieh heifers from a neighbor for the last couple of years. He doesnt retain any heifers and I get first choice. it is a slow go , but im slowly building a uniform quality herd. I do expect...

How would a Balancer bull( 3/4 gelbvieh) work on 1/2 gelbvieh cows?

all 6 cycled and took the bull fairly quickly and appear to have settled.

recently preg checked the heifers. one of the youngest was bred(luted her). the rest were open. although im relieved more werent bred to their brothers, i now have to wonder why the older ones werent bred... lol....

I recently found a group of heifers that have been pastured with their bull siblings. they range from 12 to 18 months. i am sure that some , if not all, may be bred. they are out of pretty good stock and look really good: the price is also right. i considered buying them and treating them with...

are u referring to other cows riding her? or the bull? i've often wonder if the cow being ridden is in heat or the one dong the riding? lol. last week i witnessed a heifer that the bull had been following try to ride the bull.

so what does it do if she is open?

most likely i will put the bull in with the first calvers at the same time i put a bull in with the next group of unbred heifers but be prepared to have them breed late if that doesnt work out. worst case is that maybe they will still calve the following year with the main herd.

"occasional" is the key word here i think. i just wanna give them a fair chance to rebreed after a first calf before culling due to the expense of getting them to that stage of production

there is a lot to be said for taking a weaned heifer and getting her accustomed to the facilities , learning her disposition , and of course watching her develope. they handle so much better and it gives u time to tame a wilder one down or cull her before u have so much invested in them.

i have noticed that a number of people prefer to retain or buy heifers that are born earlier in the year, assuming that the ones born later stand the chance of becoming late breeders. i can see validity in this argument, but if this were truly the case wouldnt a late breeding cow eventually back...

just as a followup, the bull failed the bse. 0 active sperm. the seller held to his word and refunded my sons money and reimbursed him for the vet fee. even in a bad deal, he went the extra mile to make things better. he didnt have any other breeding age bulls ready a this time, but put us in...

my son has a santa gertrudis that is now 14 months old. he was purchased at 12 months of age. the seller asked that we wait til he is 15 months of age to do a bse exam. im wondering is it normal for a bull of this age to draw the testicles inside of himself most of the time,? we noticed this...

its hard to get hay cut early enough to avoid seedheads in fescue around here. but i have noticed that most of the heads shatter when cutting, and i assume when raking/baling as well. we dont have a lot of fescue on our ground but im looking at 25 acres that i can rent that will produce an...

does fescue toxicity effect fescue that is cut for hay? i am in north mississippi and i know that it is a problem with grazing cattle, but ive heard mixed answers about hay.

we have no intentions of putting the gert bull on any heifers. i have memories back to 35 years ago when my dad ran a gert on some hereford cows.... lots of calving problems, but the herefords at that time may have averaged 900 lbs... epd testing of bulls was unheard of as far as i can remember...

he will not be used on heifers, but plan to put him on them after they have first calf and on some older cows. what would constitute "low birth weight" for a gert.

my son bought a young gert bull today with intentions of breeding him to english cross cattle. his bw epd is 1.09. is this acceptable? his actual weight at birth was 63 lbs... any input would be appreciated