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<blockquote data-quote="Cross breeder #1" data-source="post: 1114860" data-attributes="member: 18177"><p>Prefer 65 lbs on heifers. Our cows are only 1200 mature (trying to get to 1300) and heifers calve at about 800-900 lbs. Smaller than 65 lbs and they don't have the mass to stay warm in a very cold February. Bigger than 75 and it will be a pull for our small heifers. However as it has been proven before small cows are just as profitable so do not come off telling me how horrible they are. Also we prefer 80-90 on cows but have been a lot in 60-70 range lately because after we use our heifer bulls to the point that they are too big for heifers, we have kept them and used them on cows. It has lessened our mature size but we have also gotten some excellent and some bad replacement heifers. For example some of the daughters are only 1100 mature but milk like holsteins, stay fat as hogs, and wean calves as big as any of our cows. On the opposite end of the pendulum there are cows with little milk and little capacity resulting from the heifer bull made maternal deal.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cross breeder #1, post: 1114860, member: 18177"] Prefer 65 lbs on heifers. Our cows are only 1200 mature (trying to get to 1300) and heifers calve at about 800-900 lbs. Smaller than 65 lbs and they don't have the mass to stay warm in a very cold February. Bigger than 75 and it will be a pull for our small heifers. However as it has been proven before small cows are just as profitable so do not come off telling me how horrible they are. Also we prefer 80-90 on cows but have been a lot in 60-70 range lately because after we use our heifer bulls to the point that they are too big for heifers, we have kept them and used them on cows. It has lessened our mature size but we have also gotten some excellent and some bad replacement heifers. For example some of the daughters are only 1100 mature but milk like holsteins, stay fat as hogs, and wean calves as big as any of our cows. On the opposite end of the pendulum there are cows with little milk and little capacity resulting from the heifer bull made maternal deal. [/QUOTE]
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