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14 month old heifer gave birth
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<blockquote data-quote="hcrancher" data-source="post: 529044" data-attributes="member: 7059"><p>We purchased some registered "open" heifers last fall from a very reputable breeder, and we discovered last week one of the heifers was getting ready to calve at 14 mos old. So we immediately took the heifer back to the breeder, and the breeder immediately told us he would replace her. That heifer didn't grow like the other heifers we bought, so now we know why - because it apparently got pregnant at 5 mos of age, probably by a bull calf in the same pasture. Yesterday, the heifer had a healthy 65 lb. calf (the breeder had to help pull the calf). Since she had the calf and is mothering it, we are wondering if we should take her back, or if we should take the replacement which was offered. The replacement is an open heifer, 8 mos. younger than our original heifer, which doesn't seem like a good trade. We've thought if we take the original heifer and her calf back, we'd give her grain and give the calf some milk replacer, because I doubt if the calf is getting enough milk from the Mom alone. But we're not sure if the heifer would be an ok cow in the future. However, we would be able to sell a steer, even though it wouldn't be registered, since we don't know who the Daddy is. Any suggestions on what we should do?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hcrancher, post: 529044, member: 7059"] We purchased some registered "open" heifers last fall from a very reputable breeder, and we discovered last week one of the heifers was getting ready to calve at 14 mos old. So we immediately took the heifer back to the breeder, and the breeder immediately told us he would replace her. That heifer didn't grow like the other heifers we bought, so now we know why - because it apparently got pregnant at 5 mos of age, probably by a bull calf in the same pasture. Yesterday, the heifer had a healthy 65 lb. calf (the breeder had to help pull the calf). Since she had the calf and is mothering it, we are wondering if we should take her back, or if we should take the replacement which was offered. The replacement is an open heifer, 8 mos. younger than our original heifer, which doesn't seem like a good trade. We've thought if we take the original heifer and her calf back, we'd give her grain and give the calf some milk replacer, because I doubt if the calf is getting enough milk from the Mom alone. But we're not sure if the heifer would be an ok cow in the future. However, we would be able to sell a steer, even though it wouldn't be registered, since we don't know who the Daddy is. Any suggestions on what we should do? [/QUOTE]
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