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<blockquote data-quote="milkmaid" data-source="post: 211707" data-attributes="member: 852"><p>OK, I'll do that then...er, have my vet do that then. LOL. I'm a little hesitant about trying it first time. I'll watch him do these two calves and then in the future I'll do it myself.</p><p></p><p>So many things to do with heifers, getting them from bottle calf to springer! Start them, wean, vaccinate with 5-way and 8 way, revaccinate with those two, worm, make a vet appointment for bangs vaccinations, dehorn, remove extra teats, constantly watch the feed rations to make sure they're getting a proper diet, get them big enough to breed on schedule, breed, get them to settle...</p><p></p><p>hope selling them will be the easy part after all this! :lol: In the past I've always bought in the spring, sold in the fall, never wintered anything over and never dealt with heifers that were old enough to be cycling. Nowdays I'm wintering them over and trying to go from day old to first calf.</p><p></p><p>Now how about a thought provoking question? If you were to look at your heifer herd and were in a position to only keep the best heifers and sell the rest through a dairy sale...what would you be looking for in the heifers you'd be keeping? Body structure? and what exactly would be most important in body structure? feet/legs? body length/depth? Temperament? Fertility? Assuming, of course, that you had no idea which cows the heifers were out of and therefore how well the dam did or did not produce. I know some dairies keep track of who's who and others don't. Would how fast the calf grew - average daily gain - or how early they matured come into account in your decision?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="milkmaid, post: 211707, member: 852"] OK, I'll do that then...er, have my vet do that then. LOL. I'm a little hesitant about trying it first time. I'll watch him do these two calves and then in the future I'll do it myself. So many things to do with heifers, getting them from bottle calf to springer! Start them, wean, vaccinate with 5-way and 8 way, revaccinate with those two, worm, make a vet appointment for bangs vaccinations, dehorn, remove extra teats, constantly watch the feed rations to make sure they're getting a proper diet, get them big enough to breed on schedule, breed, get them to settle... hope selling them will be the easy part after all this! :lol: In the past I've always bought in the spring, sold in the fall, never wintered anything over and never dealt with heifers that were old enough to be cycling. Nowdays I'm wintering them over and trying to go from day old to first calf. Now how about a thought provoking question? If you were to look at your heifer herd and were in a position to only keep the best heifers and sell the rest through a dairy sale...what would you be looking for in the heifers you'd be keeping? Body structure? and what exactly would be most important in body structure? feet/legs? body length/depth? Temperament? Fertility? Assuming, of course, that you had no idea which cows the heifers were out of and therefore how well the dam did or did not produce. I know some dairies keep track of who's who and others don't. Would how fast the calf grew - average daily gain - or how early they matured come into account in your decision? [/QUOTE]
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