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<blockquote data-quote="Ojp6" data-source="post: 1265569" data-attributes="member: 23608"><p>We buy bred heifers a lot of the year. Some we calve out and some we sell before they have it. This year we bought around 200 of them. We usually buy the lighter weight ones weighing in the 8's down in the money and then pour the feed to them after they have it so they catch up a little. Calved out 50 out of the 200 this year and only pulled 5 but lost 2 of them. Last year we calved 70 in the spring and pulled 30 so it just depends on your luck I guess. Lots of the pulls were just a little jerk because they were taking too long for our liking. </p><p> </p><p></p><p> Most of them that calved on their own did ok. We have lost one heifer in the last five years and she died because she was sick and the calf died inside her and swelled up too big to come out. Sometimes their calves don't grow as good when the mothers are young and small. There will always be a few that won't take care of their calf as well. It's risky but we have 4 people checking them and ready to pull them and we keep our calf puller ready and we keep them up in a dry lot where they are easy to catch until after they have it. We've made money but it would be really easy to lose it if you didn't have good facilities and plenty of help for pulling. My dad can do c-sections too so that helps.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ojp6, post: 1265569, member: 23608"] We buy bred heifers a lot of the year. Some we calve out and some we sell before they have it. This year we bought around 200 of them. We usually buy the lighter weight ones weighing in the 8's down in the money and then pour the feed to them after they have it so they catch up a little. Calved out 50 out of the 200 this year and only pulled 5 but lost 2 of them. Last year we calved 70 in the spring and pulled 30 so it just depends on your luck I guess. Lots of the pulls were just a little jerk because they were taking too long for our liking. Most of them that calved on their own did ok. We have lost one heifer in the last five years and she died because she was sick and the calf died inside her and swelled up too big to come out. Sometimes their calves don't grow as good when the mothers are young and small. There will always be a few that won't take care of their calf as well. It's risky but we have 4 people checking them and ready to pull them and we keep our calf puller ready and we keep them up in a dry lot where they are easy to catch until after they have it. We've made money but it would be really easy to lose it if you didn't have good facilities and plenty of help for pulling. My dad can do c-sections too so that helps. [/QUOTE]
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