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7 calves in 6 years? Think about this one...
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<blockquote data-quote="KNERSIE" data-source="post: 799020" data-attributes="member: 4353"><p>In theory it works that way, in reality you're going to run short on grass sooner rather than later causing cows with suckling calves to lose so much condition so that they take a reproductive break. In the years that I've run bulls 365 it was my observation that cows will back up by a month or so for 2 or 3 years before taking a break and calve 14-15 months after the last calf and the cycle starts again.</p><p></p><p>If you are seriously understocked you can manage it so that it counts in your favour especially if you run enough numbers to market groups of lightweight weaners and selling the calves off the cow at 4-5 months old. You'll also need a pretty decent set of cows to make the young calves pay for you.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KNERSIE, post: 799020, member: 4353"] In theory it works that way, in reality you're going to run short on grass sooner rather than later causing cows with suckling calves to lose so much condition so that they take a reproductive break. In the years that I've run bulls 365 it was my observation that cows will back up by a month or so for 2 or 3 years before taking a break and calve 14-15 months after the last calf and the cycle starts again. If you are seriously understocked you can manage it so that it counts in your favour especially if you run enough numbers to market groups of lightweight weaners and selling the calves off the cow at 4-5 months old. You'll also need a pretty decent set of cows to make the young calves pay for you. [/QUOTE]
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