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<blockquote data-quote="JMJ Farms" data-source="post: 1528271" data-attributes="member: 24583"><p>Reading the OP I took "about a year old" to mean about a year old. Plus 9 months equals 21 months at calving. Not ideal I agree. "About a year old" could mean 9 months or 14 months. I shouldn't have assumed that it literally meant 'one year old'. I usually try to breed at 15 months so as to have calves born at 24 months old. Just don't want any confusion and to clearly state I don't advocate heifers calving at 18 months old. Defined calving season would be an issue as well. </p><p></p><p>FWIW, I've read that you want heifers to calve as close to two years old as possible without being over two years old due to the fact that at two years of age a heifers pelvic bones fuse into place and don't have the ability to "open any extra" afterwards. Now common sense tells me that this "fusing" doesn't happen precisely on the day she turns two years old. Which brings me to my question. Is this a guideline? Or does she really need to calve before two years old?</p><p></p><p>I've calves them at 20 months and at dang near 3 years old (heifers that I bought off a farm with an infertile bull). Had no major issues with either and from personal experience the older heifers have performed much better but I have a limited number in that category on which to base this conclusion.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JMJ Farms, post: 1528271, member: 24583"] Reading the OP I took “about a year old” to mean about a year old. Plus 9 months equals 21 months at calving. Not ideal I agree. “About a year old” could mean 9 months or 14 months. I shouldn’t have assumed that it literally meant ‘one year old’. I usually try to breed at 15 months so as to have calves born at 24 months old. Just don’t want any confusion and to clearly state I don’t advocate heifers calving at 18 months old. Defined calving season would be an issue as well. FWIW, I’ve read that you want heifers to calve as close to two years old as possible without being over two years old due to the fact that at two years of age a heifers pelvic bones fuse into place and don’t have the ability to “open any extra” afterwards. Now common sense tells me that this “fusing” doesn’t happen precisely on the day she turns two years old. Which brings me to my question. Is this a guideline? Or does she really need to calve before two years old? I’ve calves them at 20 months and at dang near 3 years old (heifers that I bought off a farm with an infertile bull). Had no major issues with either and from personal experience the older heifers have performed much better but I have a limited number in that category on which to base this conclusion. [/QUOTE]
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