first time heifers

[Anonymous]

how old should they be. red angus

 

[WORANCH]

how old should they be for what??? :?:

 

[dun]

14-15 months and weigh 700-900 lbs depending on their genetics for mature size. Generally, if they're cycling they're big enough so you just need to go by the age.

dun

how old should they be. red angus

 

[hillbilly]

Nice picture Dun, Does that picture look as much like you as my picture looks like me??

 

[dun]

Pretty much. That is my dad, 80 years ago.

dun

Nice picture Dun, Does that picture look as much like you as my picture looks like me??

 

[hillbilly]

Fine looking man........are you adopted??? ;-) :lol:

 

[dun]

Nope, but you know genetics do occasionally skip a generation

dun

Fine looking man........are you adopted??? ;-) :lol:

 

[FLJoe]

Ok Dun, and others...I held off on breeding my heifers in my starter herd until they were two. Everything I read said that letting them mature a little longer would make their first calving easier. Your thoughts? These were Hereford/Angus/Brahma cross heifers.

 

[Jake]

BREED THEM BEFORE TWO YEARS OF AGE!!!!! That is wasting 9 months or more of time that they could have a calf. If you breed them at 800 pounds you shouldn't have to worry about a thing as long as you breed to a good calving ease bull. You'd be breeding them when they should be calvin'.

 

[dun]

I concur with Jake except on the weight part. Depends on what size these heifers would be as mature cows. If they're from smaller animals and will only mature around 1000-1100 lbs you can safely breed them at 650-700 lbs. If a heifer calves as a 2 year old it's sort of figured she will break even on her 4th calf and start making profit on her 5th. My figures show a year earlier then that, but that's still a 5 year old cow.
Get them into production, if they don't work out you've wasted less money.

dun

Ok Dun, and others...I held off on breeding my heifers in my starter herd until they were two. Everything I read said that letting them mature a little longer would make their first calving easier. Your thoughts? These were Hereford/Angus/Brahma cross heifers.