Cow wont Breed

[j bear premier farm]

I have a three year old cow that has been running with a bull sence the first of may. The bull is fertile because he has gotten everything else bred from what i can observe visually(cows have passed next cycle twice now) . The cow is being ran under the same management conditions as the rest of the herd. They have free choice to minerals and are wormed every 2 months. I had her checked by a vet and he said she is reproductively sound. She has a redish yellow tint to her hair(she is black), which usually means defficiancy of copper or other trace minerals, but as i stated above she has free choice to them. I did not calve her as a two year old to to pelvic size was kinda small and wanted to give her another year to mature, but she was cycling regurally as a two year old as well. any suggestions as to what might b wrong greatly appreciated .

 

[jkwilson]

Is she cycling now?

I'd be getting the trailer hooked up and fueling up the truck to ship her.

 

[redcowsrule33]

If she had such a small pelvic size as a two year old that you didn't want to breed her then, don't bother now. Some heifers that stay open long or are fat can be tough breeders. If she were mine I'd ship her and use the money for something more productive, you don't want her kind of genes in the herd.

 

[dun]

What is wrong is that she hasn;t already grown wheels.

 

[j bear premier farm]

Thanks for the imput, I am gonna ship her if she doesn't breed by the end if the month which i dought greatly she will. I have plenty of grass so its not killing me to let her grase till the end of the breeding season. Just was wondering if anyone had any thoughts that i did not think of .

 

[Suzie Q]

They won't breed if they are too fat.

 

[milkmaid]

So she's been running with a bull for the past 45 days and it has been determined how that she's not pregnant?

 

[TexasBred]

They won't breed if they are too fat.

HUH???? Show cattle as fat as bears are bred everyday.

 

[Suzie Q]

They won't breed if they are too fat.

HUH???? Show cattle as fat as bears are bred everyday.

Just what I have been told. We don't have show cattle. We are in Australia, maybe the heat has something to do with it.

I have heard this from many different cattle farmers here in Aus with many different breeds on many differerent farms.

 

[Suzie Q]

They won't breed if they are too fat.

HUH???? Show cattle as fat as bears are bred everyday.

Just what I have been told. We don't have show cattle. We are in Australia, maybe the heat has something to do with it.

I have heard this from many different cattle farmers here in Aus with many different breeds on many differerent farms.

I have also read the rules, etc for showing dairy cattle, which I have none of, and in that in black and white it said that the dairy cows should not appear fat.

 

[3waycross]

So she's been running with a bull for the past 45 days and it has been determined how that she's not pregnant?

I agree with Milkmaid. How do you know she is not bred. The fact that you didn't see it does not mean it didn't happen. BTW how did you determine that her pelvic was too small did you have her evaluated by the vet? What you should do is after she has been with the bull for 90days. Take a blood sample and have her lab tested. You will know for sure and if she is open then ship her.

 

[j bear premier farm]

I had her checked by a vet as a yearling it was determined that i should give her more time to mature. I know she is not bred because she came into heat yesterday. I will most likely wait and do a bllod sample o make sure, i was just wondering if anyone had any ideas that i may have overlooked. Oh by the way she has i would say probably a BCS score of 6.

 

[3waycross]

I guess at this point you would probably say that you know she is not pregnant since you saw her cycle yesterday. To which I would reply I guess I missed that in your first two posts.

OK I confess I read your post that was deleted.

Seriously the more info you post here the better answers you get. Have you thought about AI'ing her. Run her thru a full AI protocal and see if she maybe she needs some help to produce a viable egg. She may appear to be cycling but not actually getting the job done. You could still turn her out with the bull immediately after she is AI'd.

Who knows it might work............Good luck.

 

[DavisBeefmasters]

- follicular cysts?
- just keeps bootin' the calf
- just plain won't settle

All of this equates to sending her off to go make salt and pepper taste good.

 

[Keren]

They won't breed if they are too fat.

HUH???? Show cattle as fat as bears are bred everyday.

Just what I have been told. We don't have show cattle. We are in Australia, maybe the heat has something to do with it.

I have heard this from many different cattle farmers here in Aus with many different breeds on many differerent farms.

I am in Australia too. And we have show cattle. And we have been told the same, too fat, wont breed. Its a load of garbage, an old wives tale. We've had some obese cows settle (interestingly, not show cows either, just very easy keeping paddock cows).

Look how many fat humans have babies.

The dairy thing is in no way related to this. The reason dairy cows shouldnt be fat is because it means they are poor milkers. Not because of reproduction.

 

[upfrombottom]

Put a sack over her head. And if that don't work stick a shipping label to it.

 

[Suzie Q]

They are also telling humans that they need to lose weight to have a baby.

If you are over 100kgs here they send you to the city to give birth. I am over that without being pregnant!

 

[TexasBred]

They are also telling humans that they need to lose weight to have a baby.

If you are over 100kgs here they send you to the city to give birth. I am over that without being pregnant!

Being overweight doesn't stop humans from conceiving either. Some of these "big" women don't even seem to know they are pregnant until the go into labor. Now it may be a difficult birth but conception seems to come easily....and quite often too.

 

[papavillars]

Sure "big" women can be bred, I am just glad I am not the bull.

 

[TexasBred]

Sure "big" women can be bred, I am just glad I am not the bull.

ROFLMAO :lol2: