rouxshortorn
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How many of you leave fresh cows with bulls? How many of you seperate them??
rouxshortorn":1iymsjz0 said:How many of you leave fresh cows with bulls? How many of you seperate them??
rouxshortorn":8xwxq619 said:How many of you leave fresh cows with bulls? How many of you seperate them??
msscamp":1qieeki1 said:rouxshortorn":1qieeki1 said:How many of you leave fresh cows with bulls? How many of you seperate them??
Never. Our bulls were with the herd for a prescribed time frame, usually 60 to 90 days, according to our calving schedule.
hgfarmer":3oticr1f said:msscamp":3oticr1f said:rouxshortorn":3oticr1f said:How many of you leave fresh cows with bulls? How many of you seperate them??
Never. Our bulls were with the herd for a prescribed time frame, usually 60 to 90 days, according to our calving schedule.
msscamp, explain why you "never" run bulls with cow year around. Are you running a large or small operation?
msscamp":2wwczkxw said:hgfarmer":2wwczkxw said:msscamp":2wwczkxw said:rouxshortorn":2wwczkxw said:How many of you leave fresh cows with bulls? How many of you seperate them??
Never. Our bulls were with the herd for a prescribed time frame, usually 60 to 90 days, according to our calving schedule.
msscamp, explain why you "never" run bulls with cow year around. Are you running a large or small operation?
Our cattle herd ranged from 300+ (prior to selling the ranch), to 50, or 60 head (after we sold the ranch). We never ran bulls year round because we wanted a set calving time of 2-3 months - that way the calves were more uniform, weaning was a one-shot deal, the heifer calves reached puberty at approximately the same time (although we had a few exceptions), disease was limited due to the colder weather, and it worked better for us with our overall plan. On the ranch we started calving in February, so the bulls were put in with the herd sometime in early May. After we sold the ranch, we moved our calving up to mid March, so the bulls were put in with the herd sometime in the early part of June. Our bulls were left with the herd for a set time frame of 60-90 days, they were pulled after the pre-designated time frame had expired, and any animal that came up open after the bull(s) was pulled was culled.
msscamp":1e9i9ccc said:hgfarmer":1e9i9ccc said:msscamp":1e9i9ccc said:rouxshortorn":1e9i9ccc said:How many of you leave fresh cows with bulls? How many of you seperate them??
Never. Our bulls were with the herd for a prescribed time frame, usually 60 to 90 days, according to our calving schedule.
msscamp, explain why you "never" run bulls with cow year around. Are you running a large or small operation?
Our cattle herd ranged from 300+ (prior to selling the ranch), to 50, or 60 head (after we sold the ranch). We never ran bulls year round because we wanted a set calving time of 2-3 months - that way the calves were more uniform, weaning was a one-shot deal, the heifer calves reached puberty at approximately the same time (although we had a few exceptions), disease was limited due to the colder weather, and it worked better for us with our overall plan. On the ranch we started calving in February, so the bulls were put in with the herd sometime in early May. After we sold the ranch, we moved our calving up to mid March, so the bulls were put in with the herd sometime in the early part of June. Our bulls were left with the herd for a set time frame of 60-90 days, they were pulled after the pre-designated time frame had expired, and any animal that came up open after the bull(s) was pulled was culled.
hgfarmer":1wj6y3xj said:msscamp":1wj6y3xj said:hgfarmer":1wj6y3xj said:msscamp":1wj6y3xj said:rouxshortorn":1wj6y3xj said:How many of you leave fresh cows with bulls? How many of you seperate them??
Never. Our bulls were with the herd for a prescribed time frame, usually 60 to 90 days, according to our calving schedule.
msscamp, explain why you "never" run bulls with cow year around. Are you running a large or small operation?
Our cattle herd ranged from 300+ (prior to selling the ranch), to 50, or 60 head (after we sold the ranch). We never ran bulls year round because we wanted a set calving time of 2-3 months - that way the calves were more uniform, weaning was a one-shot deal, the heifer calves reached puberty at approximately the same time (although we had a few exceptions), disease was limited due to the colder weather, and it worked better for us with our overall plan. On the ranch we started calving in February, so the bulls were put in with the herd sometime in early May. After we sold the ranch, we moved our calving up to mid March, so the bulls were put in with the herd sometime in the early part of June. Our bulls were left with the herd for a set time frame of 60-90 days, they were pulled after the pre-designated time frame had expired, and any animal that came up open after the bull(s) was pulled was culled.
Thanks for the explanation. Sounds like that really worked well for you!