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<blockquote data-quote="vclavin" data-source="post: 839712" data-attributes="member: 13613"><p>When we started out with registered black angus , we had trouble with heifers... not much but enough. We stuck with raising them as we were looking for the low bw and high gain niche. As Jeannie said, why get a throw away calf, there's no reason why you can't get calving ease, growth, and carcass in the 1st calf heifers calf. We do.</p><p> We kept record of pelvic scores so we could inprove them and then maintain them. All bulls have that measurement taken as well... it's hereditary and we keep the heifers.</p><p>Heifers first calf will be 90% of what she will produce when mature. Add the bulls influence to that + environment. As Simme-Valley said, we also feed our heifers and keep a good condition score on them.</p><p>We no long watch the heifers, they have calves on their own same as the cows. we use mainly low birth , high gain bulls with fertility and carcass. It has worked quite well. Yes, we carefully watch the CED and the CEM on those bulls. Depending on cow line, calves are born from 65lbs to 92 lbs on heifers and cows. </p><p>Valerie</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="vclavin, post: 839712, member: 13613"] When we started out with registered black angus , we had trouble with heifers... not much but enough. We stuck with raising them as we were looking for the low bw and high gain niche. As Jeannie said, why get a throw away calf, there's no reason why you can't get calving ease, growth, and carcass in the 1st calf heifers calf. We do. We kept record of pelvic scores so we could inprove them and then maintain them. All bulls have that measurement taken as well... it's hereditary and we keep the heifers. Heifers first calf will be 90% of what she will produce when mature. Add the bulls influence to that + environment. As Simme-Valley said, we also feed our heifers and keep a good condition score on them. We no long watch the heifers, they have calves on their own same as the cows. we use mainly low birth , high gain bulls with fertility and carcass. It has worked quite well. Yes, we carefully watch the CED and the CEM on those bulls. Depending on cow line, calves are born from 65lbs to 92 lbs on heifers and cows. Valerie [/QUOTE]
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