greybeard
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I had one of the beefmasters come in heat last March. The char/sim bull was standing by the gate, so I just went ahead and let him in with her. Saw him mount and breed her several times that afternoon and let him out the next morning.
I looked at her yesterday while she had her head in the mineral feeder and thought her udder was getting bigger but never expected she would calve this soon. I figured late Nov at the earliest. It's possible she was bred a couple months earlier when I had all mine together to deworm, but since she came in heat in March I didn't think so.
Do cows sometimes come in even after they have been bred a couple months?
Another bull calf. A light weight calf for that bull. I didn't go out near her to look him over good, took the photos on zoom, but saw him nurse on one of her smaller teats. Membrane is laying right there so I know she just had it.
I looked at her yesterday while she had her head in the mineral feeder and thought her udder was getting bigger but never expected she would calve this soon. I figured late Nov at the earliest. It's possible she was bred a couple months earlier when I had all mine together to deworm, but since she came in heat in March I didn't think so.
Do cows sometimes come in even after they have been bred a couple months?
Another bull calf. A light weight calf for that bull. I didn't go out near her to look him over good, took the photos on zoom, but saw him nurse on one of her smaller teats. Membrane is laying right there so I know she just had it.