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calving seasons when and why?
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<blockquote data-quote="txag" data-source="post: 19494" data-attributes="member: 8"><p>we are also in similar environmental conditions here in so-central tx. we start a.i.'ing in jan & then turn the bulls out mid-march. this puts the majority of our calves being born between christmas & the end of feb. we wean in aug for a 205 day weaning pd. we prefer the "spring" calving season to the "fall" calving season because it seems prices are usually a little higher aug-oct vs june-aug (which would be the 205 day age from the fall season). and although the calves are born during some cold weather, they're really taking off & hitting that growth spurt early to mid spring when things are greening up & the grass is taking off as well. we do not have any calves born in the summer. w/summer-born calves in so-central tx, you're just asking for probs: a major one is fire ants. </p><p></p><p>one personal disadvantage of a.i.'ing in jan & feb is that this is when the cows are on rye grass.........anyone grazing rye or oats in the winter can probably understand!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="txag, post: 19494, member: 8"] we are also in similar environmental conditions here in so-central tx. we start a.i.'ing in jan & then turn the bulls out mid-march. this puts the majority of our calves being born between christmas & the end of feb. we wean in aug for a 205 day weaning pd. we prefer the "spring" calving season to the "fall" calving season because it seems prices are usually a little higher aug-oct vs june-aug (which would be the 205 day age from the fall season). and although the calves are born during some cold weather, they're really taking off & hitting that growth spurt early to mid spring when things are greening up & the grass is taking off as well. we do not have any calves born in the summer. w/summer-born calves in so-central tx, you're just asking for probs: a major one is fire ants. one personal disadvantage of a.i.'ing in jan & feb is that this is when the cows are on rye grass.........anyone grazing rye or oats in the winter can probably understand! [/QUOTE]
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