Fertile cows or what?

[branxchar&charx]

Branxchar, do you run bulls with cows year round?

Short answer, yes. Might try something this next year.

 

[anewcomer]

branx, I ask because I believe your cows are benefiting from a phenomenon called "bio-stimulation". Your cows are exposed to bulls from the day they calve. In a controlled breeding system, the first cows to calve wait +/- 85 days to be exposed to bulls. The early exposure is said to decrease days postpartum. I believe this to be the case. I have commented on this in another thread.

 

[Jeanne - Simme Valley]

@anewcomer you are correct. But, if you want a controlled CALVING SEASON, you cannot have this benefit. I keep a 60 day calving season and don't have any trouble with cows coming back into heat. I keep track of their heats after calving and before breeding dates. "Most" cows come back in heat in 30-40 days. If they were at the end of my 60 day calving season, and come back in at 30 days, I will skip that heat and Lutalyse them to breed on their 2nd heat (AI)

 

[branxchar&charx]

branx, I ask because I believe your cows are benefiting from a phenomenon called "bio-stimulation". Your cows are exposed to bulls from the day they calve. In a controlled breeding system, the first cows to calve wait +/- 85 days to be exposed to bulls. The early exposure is said to decrease days postpartum. I believe this to be the case. I have commented on this in another thread.

Pretty interesting. I had a more tight calving window but bull went bad in this pasture and ended up with a sizeable gap as you can see.

 

[ClinchValley86]

I've had another two 3 year old calve the last week. 10.5 month calving intervals again. A 3rd will come the next month I think. Putting her around 11 months. These are out of one of the 3 yearling bulls I had here at the time. Smallest calves yet possibly. Mommas are around 1000 pounds I'm going to guess.