Menu
Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New media
New media comments
New profile posts
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Members
Current visitors
New profile posts
Search profile posts
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles and first posts only
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Forums
Cattle Boards
Beginners Board
10 month heifer Too young
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Help Support CattleToday:
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Brandonm2" data-source="post: 137940" data-attributes="member: 2095"><p>I think domestic cattle are significantly different from their wild ancestors (the now extinct Aurochs). We don't know; but they probably had breeding seasons. Nutrition certainly played a factor and it probably took good spring/summer grass to get a cow to cycle (since nobody was throwing hay or grain their way in winter). A wild heifer probably wasn't growthy enough to breed at 8 months and she probably wasn't big enough until a year plus. Many probably calved first as three year olds depending on forage. Of course there may have been exceptions and many of them may have died calving and been eaten by European Lions (also now extinct).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brandonm2, post: 137940, member: 2095"] I think domestic cattle are significantly different from their wild ancestors (the now extinct Aurochs). We don't know; but they probably had breeding seasons. Nutrition certainly played a factor and it probably took good spring/summer grass to get a cow to cycle (since nobody was throwing hay or grain their way in winter). A wild heifer probably wasn't growthy enough to breed at 8 months and she probably wasn't big enough until a year plus. Many probably calved first as three year olds depending on forage. Of course there may have been exceptions and many of them may have died calving and been eaten by European Lions (also now extinct). [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Cattle Boards
Beginners Board
10 month heifer Too young
Top