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<blockquote data-quote="Nesikep" data-source="post: 1007580" data-attributes="member: 9096"><p>A couple notes I have from my observations... cows that calf way too early, are likely to do it again... We had one miscarry at about 7-8 months 3 times in a row, twins each time... We only kept her for the second and third times because both time we had a calf that needed a momma and she took it.</p><p></p><p>Secondly, if you're having problems with rebreeding and the cows don't look hungry, get a mineral workup done on them. I had one cow who'd breed back well ONLY if she was exposed to the bull very soon after calving. She was a particularly heavy milker, so I figured she was "running low" on something by milking, even though she was fat... In my case, she was really low on Phosphorus, Selenium, and Copper. I've adjusted my salt rations now and except for a chronic straggler (she's never been on time in her life), I'm at 80% on the first cycle and the remainder on the second. We've culled a lot of cows for being late, when perhaps they weren't properly nourished.</p><p></p><p>I think I'd lean toward culling this one... If grass is plentiful for you, perhaps in the early fall as a bred cow?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nesikep, post: 1007580, member: 9096"] A couple notes I have from my observations... cows that calf way too early, are likely to do it again... We had one miscarry at about 7-8 months 3 times in a row, twins each time... We only kept her for the second and third times because both time we had a calf that needed a momma and she took it. Secondly, if you're having problems with rebreeding and the cows don't look hungry, get a mineral workup done on them. I had one cow who'd breed back well ONLY if she was exposed to the bull very soon after calving. She was a particularly heavy milker, so I figured she was "running low" on something by milking, even though she was fat... In my case, she was really low on Phosphorus, Selenium, and Copper. I've adjusted my salt rations now and except for a chronic straggler (she's never been on time in her life), I'm at 80% on the first cycle and the remainder on the second. We've culled a lot of cows for being late, when perhaps they weren't properly nourished. I think I'd lean toward culling this one... If grass is plentiful for you, perhaps in the early fall as a bred cow? [/QUOTE]
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