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Calving: Syncronization or Spacing Out?
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<blockquote data-quote="Anonymous" data-source="post: 16059"><p>Well, I am no newbie either, but am always able to learn from the old farts out there who have been doing it longer than I have walked the earth.</p><p></p><p>What I learned and have implimented in my program, I also find a usefull tool for sorting out the most fertile females to use as replacements in the herd.</p><p></p><p>I raise Limousin, and I market club calves as well as seed stock, and am able to retain only a limmited number of females each year, so that I maintain the right number. Yet i only wish to keep the best genetics with the best level of fertility, thus propagating fertility in the next generation. I use CIDR's, Lutalyse, and Estradiol Benzoate, and I also try and use naturale heats as much as possible with the recip females. Then after every thing is bred I run a bull with the cow herd to catch any that might abort or cycle back. for our program at least, contemporary groups are easier to form when calves are born close together, but I realize this is not a factor of importance for commercial growers, if you don't need contemporary groups, you dont need to have a calving season, but prices are higher in spring, so why calve in Spring when you could calve in Fall, and take advantage of premiums paid for calves that can be weaned in the Spring?</p><p></p><p>Besides the factor of reduced worries watching heifers, a calving season can shorten the time of having to look more frequently for those who do not see their cattle every day.</p><p></p><p>I would suggest that heifers be calved out no later than late february to reduce the incidence of calving difficulty due to lush forage causing large calves at birth.</p><p></p><p> <a href="mailto:kemilimo@tca.net">kemilimo@tca.net</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 16059"] Well, I am no newbie either, but am always able to learn from the old farts out there who have been doing it longer than I have walked the earth. What I learned and have implimented in my program, I also find a usefull tool for sorting out the most fertile females to use as replacements in the herd. I raise Limousin, and I market club calves as well as seed stock, and am able to retain only a limmited number of females each year, so that I maintain the right number. Yet i only wish to keep the best genetics with the best level of fertility, thus propagating fertility in the next generation. I use CIDR's, Lutalyse, and Estradiol Benzoate, and I also try and use naturale heats as much as possible with the recip females. Then after every thing is bred I run a bull with the cow herd to catch any that might abort or cycle back. for our program at least, contemporary groups are easier to form when calves are born close together, but I realize this is not a factor of importance for commercial growers, if you don't need contemporary groups, you dont need to have a calving season, but prices are higher in spring, so why calve in Spring when you could calve in Fall, and take advantage of premiums paid for calves that can be weaned in the Spring? Besides the factor of reduced worries watching heifers, a calving season can shorten the time of having to look more frequently for those who do not see their cattle every day. I would suggest that heifers be calved out no later than late february to reduce the incidence of calving difficulty due to lush forage causing large calves at birth. [email=kemilimo@tca.net]kemilimo@tca.net[/email] [/QUOTE]
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