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<blockquote data-quote="Larry Sansom" data-source="post: 32194" data-attributes="member: 332"><p><strong>Depends a lot on how she has been handled up to now - if roughed on grass only - I would not be worried, she will grow more on grass now that summer is here. If she has been fed and pushed to breed to calve as a 2 year old - I see some potential problems. Has vet tract scored her yet? She might not be mature enough to breed on 2 -3 heat even though she is old enough. I do not tract score - have found that breeding to calve as 2 1/2 year olds really is the best of all worlds. (Fall born calve as spring calvers - Spring born calve as fall calvers) The lack of feed and hard pushing really shows up in the net profit picture - plus the heifer matures more - thus re-breeds as a 2nd calf much easier than those that are trying to rebreed, raise a calf, and grow all at the same time. Pure weight means little unless you know more about the breed, the growth program, etc.</strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Larry Sansom, post: 32194, member: 332"] [b]Depends a lot on how she has been handled up to now - if roughed on grass only - I would not be worried, she will grow more on grass now that summer is here. If she has been fed and pushed to breed to calve as a 2 year old - I see some potential problems. Has vet tract scored her yet? She might not be mature enough to breed on 2 -3 heat even though she is old enough. I do not tract score - have found that breeding to calve as 2 1/2 year olds really is the best of all worlds. (Fall born calve as spring calvers - Spring born calve as fall calvers) The lack of feed and hard pushing really shows up in the net profit picture - plus the heifer matures more - thus re-breeds as a 2nd calf much easier than those that are trying to rebreed, raise a calf, and grow all at the same time. Pure weight means little unless you know more about the breed, the growth program, etc.[/b] [/QUOTE]
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