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Age vs weight for breeding heifers
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<blockquote data-quote="SRBeef" data-source="post: 955582" data-attributes="member: 7509"><p>My system is based on heifers calving on their 2nd birthday. To do that they need to be bred at 15 months. I want my whole herd to calve in one cycle (approx. 23 days) or as close to that as possible.</p><p></p><p>If you vary breeding date by heifer weight you will have calving spread out over a long period of time.</p><p></p><p>It can be near impossible to pull them forward significantly once they get off to a later calving start.</p><p></p><p>If they aren't capable of being bred at 15 months they need to go to the sale barn. Anything open at fall preg check gets sold but also do any bred heifers or cows that calve more then 45 days (two cycles) after the first calf is born. This also weeds out the cow families that are not ready to breed at 15 months and after a few years there should be no issue being bred at 15 mo.</p><p></p><p>Another factor is making sure you have a bull suitable for breeding a wide range of heifers and cows. I have a good bull that has bred them from about 750 lb to 1650 lb this summer.</p><p></p><p>So I would answer your question by saying breed by age only.</p><p></p><p>Jim</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SRBeef, post: 955582, member: 7509"] My system is based on heifers calving on their 2nd birthday. To do that they need to be bred at 15 months. I want my whole herd to calve in one cycle (approx. 23 days) or as close to that as possible. If you vary breeding date by heifer weight you will have calving spread out over a long period of time. It can be near impossible to pull them forward significantly once they get off to a later calving start. If they aren't capable of being bred at 15 months they need to go to the sale barn. Anything open at fall preg check gets sold but also do any bred heifers or cows that calve more then 45 days (two cycles) after the first calf is born. This also weeds out the cow families that are not ready to breed at 15 months and after a few years there should be no issue being bred at 15 mo. Another factor is making sure you have a bull suitable for breeding a wide range of heifers and cows. I have a good bull that has bred them from about 750 lb to 1650 lb this summer. So I would answer your question by saying breed by age only. Jim [/QUOTE]
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