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<blockquote data-quote="Silver" data-source="post: 1731285" data-attributes="member: 12520"><p>We don't keep anything that doesn't breed back on time, it just doesn't make business sense.</p><p>As far as keeping their condition up, ours go into the winter in good shape off grass and get fed hay, haylage, and greenfeed silage bales. </p><p>I try to use bulls that won't cause a wreck but don't aim for small calves. A well developed heifer should not need help with an 80 lb calf, and should be able to wean at least a 550 lb calf in 210 days and breed back on time. Not all of them will of course, but keeping only those that do what you ask keeps the ship on course.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Silver, post: 1731285, member: 12520"] We don’t keep anything that doesn’t breed back on time, it just doesn’t make business sense. As far as keeping their condition up, ours go into the winter in good shape off grass and get fed hay, haylage, and greenfeed silage bales. I try to use bulls that won’t cause a wreck but don’t aim for small calves. A well developed heifer should not need help with an 80 lb calf, and should be able to wean at least a 550 lb calf in 210 days and breed back on time. Not all of them will of course, but keeping only those that do what you ask keeps the ship on course. [/QUOTE]
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