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I like them to be at least be breed average-an extreme in any trait is not a good thing. I've fed alot of calves out over the years-selecting mother cows on carcass traits is a recipe for disaster.

That red baldy in the first pic is a big chunk of calf too!!

an her and your sure it won't happen again-my experience is that it's a problem that definately doesn't improve with age-she's not the greatest uddred cow anyways.

It takes discipline to keep your cow weights moderate-a cowherd with not much variation it's easier but when you start getting some 120-130 index heifers and retaining them your cowherd will start creeping up in size. I was a ROP weighman for years I saw it happen many times-I made the same...

Yes and you eventually end up with a bunch of heifers that breed up like feedlot steers-lots of fortunes made wiuth cattle in the middle. As we calve if we see an cow we'd keep a replacement off of we'll tag her that way. The ones whose mothers are unacceptable get sent to feedlot. I gueess if...

You know we've always been pretty cognizant of calving ease for about 90 plus years-haven't run into cows that can't calve yet. our heifers calve out on the grass and get checked once a day if they're lucky-I doubt we've assisted one percent over the years. As for your bull deal-I'd sell all of...

There was an outfit I think in Montana that sold bulls like that-I think they were called Hughes Newfords. This was years ago mind you.

I wish they'd use more action shots of bulls out being bulls than those fluffed,stuffed and puffed teddy bear pictures!!!

viewtopic.php?f=5&t=59997 The pic of that hereford bull is in that thread!!!

Look up the Horned Hereford bull F-R 552 Lad 20P that Genex bull sells-I own him and we brought him just for breeding heifers and making momma cows.He's been used a fair bit down in the states-we used himon heifers alot up here.

I've used just about every form of Gomer known to man and like the estrotect patches alot better. In a big bunch of cows you spend more time filling chinballs with a Gomer than I like. I breed cattle in synch programs all summer but we still do the traditional saddle horse and pull at home-good...

I'd ship her-if you cull everyone you get rid of some good ones but all the bad ones. The only one I ever kept was a yearling that was calving in the feedlot. The last thing I want to look at in my cowherd is zipper scars.

I've got as high as 100% with CIDR's and time breeding but my long term average over a probably 5,000 plus cattle is probably around 65%. On breeding on observed heat the old fashioned way I'm usually over 70%. Your first attempt at A'I'ing can be daunting but don't give up.

I've had a few youngsters calve over the years-we had a Ra/Simm calve at 14 months and never skipped a beat till she was 15-she even had a set of twins along the way. I had a bad record picking 4H heifers for my kids I think 3 of them almost calved by achievement day.

Used semen tanks are a crapshoot-I'd put them where you walk by them every day. It all depends on how valuable the semen is that you are storing.

$5000 for a month old calf-pretty fun stuff.

Alot of guys in our area are doing a bit of heat detecting after CIDR removal-then after a certain amount of time mass breeding the remainder that haven't showed standing heats. Estrus alerts have really made heat detecting alot less cumbersome. Myself after mass breeeding customers cattle all...

Not often you do a synch program and hope for less than spectacular-I'd just save yourself some time and money but if you want to experiment go for it.

Heck why not just synch them and I'll stop in and A'I them for you on the May long weekend lol. We'll be rodeoing down that neck of the woods then and again the first part of June.

The fourthur out from breeding you use a prostoglandin the less synchrony you will see-to start with they'll cyle over at least five days after the first shot-then when you add the different length of cycle cattle have you can see how it will string out. You have lots of bull power-if you want...