MurraysMutts
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Sound sto me like it just might be the cows problem.44 and 45 are 3/4 sisters bred to the same AI bull on the same day for their first calves. 44 had a very small calf born 267 days later that never caught up. 45 had a normal calf born at 285 days and is the stout bull calf pictured at about 6 months old. A year later 44 has another early very small calf sired by a different AI bull. Two strikes for her. Both AI bulls have sired many calves - normal gestation and growth.
44 is looking to spread her wings and travel and has never been west of the Mississippi. Fully vaccinated. Looking to have a name and not just be a number.
But!
Wasnt both of her small calves heifers??
And the other was bulls?
My bwf mutt bull always threw small, heifer safe heifers! But bull calves always seemed to go longer and be much larger calves. I could almost tell it was gonna be a bull calf. The cow would spring and bag what seemed like forever b4 calving.
A control group of only 2 cows would be hard to make an informed decision. The bwf bull I described had 24 mamas at the time. 2 seasons.
Since you ai, I'd try a sexed semen for her next calf. Or perhaps a different bull?
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