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<blockquote data-quote="farmerjan" data-source="post: 1744653" data-attributes="member: 25884"><p>When did the bull come out? That is when you figure the last possible day they can calve. Maybe the bull didn't miss any heat cycles, maybe they weren't cycling. Yes, the bull is often the first reason we come to wondering why... but it might be the cows, the weather might have been a factor in them cycling later in the season. And yes, the bull could have become a dud. We had 35 cow calf pairs out to pasture... Turned bull out... when we recently preg checked there were 6 that were 6-7 months... and the rest open. He obviously had something happen and we did not pick up on it. Put 2 bulls in with 17 and culled several others, and will check in 2 weeks... giving them all time for 2 heats (42 days) and 30 days after the last possible heat to be bred in order to check. Anyone that is not bred at least 30 days will go... bull is still in there just because it is the easiest place to leave him... They will all hopefully be more like 2+ months... but there are some good young cows in there and we just didn't want to ship them for a problem that was not their fault. Don't know what happened to the bull, no obvious signs, injury... didn't bother to check him, he was in good flesh, just shipped him. The worst thing is they should have been calving now along with the others that were 6-7 months when checked ....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="farmerjan, post: 1744653, member: 25884"] When did the bull come out? That is when you figure the last possible day they can calve. Maybe the bull didn't miss any heat cycles, maybe they weren't cycling. Yes, the bull is often the first reason we come to wondering why... but it might be the cows, the weather might have been a factor in them cycling later in the season. And yes, the bull could have become a dud. We had 35 cow calf pairs out to pasture... Turned bull out... when we recently preg checked there were 6 that were 6-7 months... and the rest open. He obviously had something happen and we did not pick up on it. Put 2 bulls in with 17 and culled several others, and will check in 2 weeks... giving them all time for 2 heats (42 days) and 30 days after the last possible heat to be bred in order to check. Anyone that is not bred at least 30 days will go... bull is still in there just because it is the easiest place to leave him... They will all hopefully be more like 2+ months... but there are some good young cows in there and we just didn't want to ship them for a problem that was not their fault. Don't know what happened to the bull, no obvious signs, injury... didn't bother to check him, he was in good flesh, just shipped him. The worst thing is they should have been calving now along with the others that were 6-7 months when checked .... [/QUOTE]
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