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<blockquote data-quote="Stocker Steve" data-source="post: 1729154" data-attributes="member: 1715"><p>If you fertility check the bulls and open a gate every couple days - - I think the only open cows should be one or three percent that have an internal issue like cysts or calving damage. You will also have a couple additional percent of late cows that will have to be sold as breds or moved to another breeding season.</p><p></p><p>There are a few that believe you are overfeeding if you do not have at least 10% open cows. Sometimes these folks are trying to develop or sell extremely efficient breeding stock. Sometimes they are buying bulls with too much milk. I would not do either with a commercial herd.</p><p></p><p>With the cost of feed here, retaining open cows is not an option. They are not overlooked. They are just gone after we wean.</p><p></p><p>What is your percent open?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Stocker Steve, post: 1729154, member: 1715"] If you fertility check the bulls and open a gate every couple days - - I think the only open cows should be one or three percent that have an internal issue like cysts or calving damage. You will also have a couple additional percent of late cows that will have to be sold as breds or moved to another breeding season. There are a few that believe you are overfeeding if you do not have at least 10% open cows. Sometimes these folks are trying to develop or sell extremely efficient breeding stock. Sometimes they are buying bulls with too much milk. I would not do either with a commercial herd. With the cost of feed here, retaining open cows is not an option. They are not overlooked. They are just gone after we wean. What is your percent open? [/QUOTE]
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