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<blockquote data-quote="Toad" data-source="post: 1295574" data-attributes="member: 20188"><p>The problems I've had with heifers include not breeding as quickly, not calving as easily, not knowing how to be a momma right away, not raising as big a calf the first time, not breeding back as quickly the second time and just being more "spirited" and harder to deal with. </p><p> I started out with 4 or 5 old bred cows and 7 six hundred lb heifers. In about 9 months I had paid for 75% of the cow cost and the second year I was making money. It took me 2 years to break even on the heifers that calved the first year. Two came up open which I believe was because of the bull, I ran them in with a different bull and they bred right away. Then when they calved I had to pull a calf and the heifer had to be put down. Meanwhile my 5 cows had another set of calves without issues. </p><p> I know we all have to keep heifers and deal with the potential problems, this is just part of farming. Knowing more about what to do would have saved me a lot of problems back then. But if I had it to over again I would have had an established herd before I tried my hand with any heifers.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Toad, post: 1295574, member: 20188"] The problems I've had with heifers include not breeding as quickly, not calving as easily, not knowing how to be a momma right away, not raising as big a calf the first time, not breeding back as quickly the second time and just being more "spirited" and harder to deal with. I started out with 4 or 5 old bred cows and 7 six hundred lb heifers. In about 9 months I had paid for 75% of the cow cost and the second year I was making money. It took me 2 years to break even on the heifers that calved the first year. Two came up open which I believe was because of the bull, I ran them in with a different bull and they bred right away. Then when they calved I had to pull a calf and the heifer had to be put down. Meanwhile my 5 cows had another set of calves without issues. I know we all have to keep heifers and deal with the potential problems, this is just part of farming. Knowing more about what to do would have saved me a lot of problems back then. But if I had it to over again I would have had an established herd before I tried my hand with any heifers. [/QUOTE]
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