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<blockquote data-quote="farmerjan" data-source="post: 1796514" data-attributes="member: 25884"><p>[USER=968]@Jeanne - Simme Valley[/USER] ... we have 2 calving seasons... Mar-May... and Sept-Nov.... and so I try to not calve heifers in the fall calving season. I get where you are coming from... and your herd is a light years away/ahead from our commercial field of "crayons".... so in order to get them to have spring calves they will get the bulls put in, early June for spring calves and if they are 14-16 months old or 18-20 months old in June.... yes... some are 24 months when they calve... most are 27-30... and you are right... it is what works for each individual person and their situation. </p><p>We try to get most calves in a 45 day window... but since we buy some cows at different times, they get worked in where we want them... some will back up a month or 2 and some we hold back.... depending on the cow and her condition at calving. Of the 40 or so cows due this spring in the one group... there are probably 20 calves already on the ground... these cows have come from 4 different places and 4 different bulls.... sometimes they get it done real close together... sometimes they get strung out.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="farmerjan, post: 1796514, member: 25884"] [USER=968]@Jeanne - Simme Valley[/USER] ... we have 2 calving seasons... Mar-May... and Sept-Nov.... and so I try to not calve heifers in the fall calving season. I get where you are coming from... and your herd is a light years away/ahead from our commercial field of "crayons".... so in order to get them to have spring calves they will get the bulls put in, early June for spring calves and if they are 14-16 months old or 18-20 months old in June.... yes... some are 24 months when they calve... most are 27-30... and you are right... it is what works for each individual person and their situation. We try to get most calves in a 45 day window... but since we buy some cows at different times, they get worked in where we want them... some will back up a month or 2 and some we hold back.... depending on the cow and her condition at calving. Of the 40 or so cows due this spring in the one group... there are probably 20 calves already on the ground... these cows have come from 4 different places and 4 different bulls.... sometimes they get it done real close together... sometimes they get strung out. [/QUOTE]
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