dimka1980
Well-known member
Hi guys,
I wanted to ask you few questions and hear your opinions. Ok, some of you might have heard my story, but here it is...this is the first winter for me, I am located in south region of Siberia with everything Siberia has to offer in the winter (cold, snow etc)...anyhow, I have 36 hereford heifers, my plan is to start calving in the end of my, I let the bulls into the heard on August 20th, 2020...my logic was this, heifers will have some time on the green grass in April-May, and will improve it's condition. However, now I am thinking, cow will have calf into the next winter, and feeding just hay will that be enough, and also I will have to wean bull calves around Jan-Feb, or should I? I plan to castrate the bulls at around 12-14 months and run two herds in the summer.
I wanted to ask you few questions and hear your opinions. Ok, some of you might have heard my story, but here it is...this is the first winter for me, I am located in south region of Siberia with everything Siberia has to offer in the winter (cold, snow etc)...anyhow, I have 36 hereford heifers, my plan is to start calving in the end of my, I let the bulls into the heard on August 20th, 2020...my logic was this, heifers will have some time on the green grass in April-May, and will improve it's condition. However, now I am thinking, cow will have calf into the next winter, and feeding just hay will that be enough, and also I will have to wean bull calves around Jan-Feb, or should I? I plan to castrate the bulls at around 12-14 months and run two herds in the summer.