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<blockquote data-quote="bird dog" data-source="post: 1657724" data-attributes="member: 5381"><p>I have had my best luck letting them get a little older than most on here will admit to. I like mine calving at 27 months weighing 1000 to 1100 lbs. I don't try to push them to get them ready. Thet are on the same forage and minerals as the rest of the herd and they don't get any feed. I try to keep only the bigger heifers from my better cows that calve early in the season.</p><p></p><p>One problem with letting them get older is that they won't calve with the herd they come from. So for me the heifers are from my fall group but they have their first calf with the spring group. My bulls are not heifer bulls but they have EPD's to give them calves that weigh around 80 lbs. </p><p></p><p>I can get my heifers bred and calved at 24 months but they don't breed back very well. It doesn't seem to be near the problem with them being older.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bird dog, post: 1657724, member: 5381"] I have had my best luck letting them get a little older than most on here will admit to. I like mine calving at 27 months weighing 1000 to 1100 lbs. I don't try to push them to get them ready. Thet are on the same forage and minerals as the rest of the herd and they don't get any feed. I try to keep only the bigger heifers from my better cows that calve early in the season. One problem with letting them get older is that they won't calve with the herd they come from. So for me the heifers are from my fall group but they have their first calf with the spring group. My bulls are not heifer bulls but they have EPD's to give them calves that weigh around 80 lbs. I can get my heifers bred and calved at 24 months but they don't breed back very well. It doesn't seem to be near the problem with them being older. [/QUOTE]
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