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<blockquote data-quote="dun" data-source="post: 1315017" data-attributes="member: 34"><p>Last year was the first time in a long time that we had open heifers. But that was a bull problem since 90% of the cows also came up open. We didn;t do any AI last, usually we AI everything once then turn them out with the bull. We don;t dither around with the sync crap anymore since it doesn;t seem to work very well for us. We just AI on observed heats. Our whole management system is contrary to most people. When the 45 day post weaning stage has passed the heifers are turned out with the bred cows and stay there until they start to calve. We used to leave them with the cow herd even during calving but last year we put them in a seperate pasture so they were easier to keep an eye on. Didn;t have to do anything but it made the wife calmer. When we do spring workup, usually late April, everything is put back together. After th first few are AIed, we turn the bull in with the AIed ones and keep the others separate until after they are AIed then they are turned in with the bull after AIing. Some years we will have cows that are just calf makers and not in a category we will ever retain anything from. Those will sometimes be turned in with the bull at the beginning of breeding season and just ignored till preg check and weaning time in the fall.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dun, post: 1315017, member: 34"] Last year was the first time in a long time that we had open heifers. But that was a bull problem since 90% of the cows also came up open. We didn;t do any AI last, usually we AI everything once then turn them out with the bull. We don;t dither around with the sync crap anymore since it doesn;t seem to work very well for us. We just AI on observed heats. Our whole management system is contrary to most people. When the 45 day post weaning stage has passed the heifers are turned out with the bred cows and stay there until they start to calve. We used to leave them with the cow herd even during calving but last year we put them in a seperate pasture so they were easier to keep an eye on. Didn;t have to do anything but it made the wife calmer. When we do spring workup, usually late April, everything is put back together. After th first few are AIed, we turn the bull in with the AIed ones and keep the others separate until after they are AIed then they are turned in with the bull after AIing. Some years we will have cows that are just calf makers and not in a category we will ever retain anything from. Those will sometimes be turned in with the bull at the beginning of breeding season and just ignored till preg check and weaning time in the fall. [/QUOTE]
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