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<blockquote data-quote="CattleMan1920" data-source="post: 1549365" data-attributes="member: 37967"><p></p></blockquote><p></p><p>Curious about your calving window and if you feel that it hurts you a little when it comes to selling? Maybe your window is still tight? </p><p></p><p>I ask because we also farm 5000 acres. This year, we'll calve out over 500 cows and 100 heifers. We need a tight window, so that we can get to the fields to prepare for planting season and anything that hasn't calved by first week of March, gets sold. We also don't like calving in mud. Most folks around here start calving when we finish. </p><p></p><p>I ask about selling because we as buyers, won't buy a bred PB cow no matter how good she looks or how cheap she may sell, because she calves outside our window. </p><p></p><p>Syncing is the only way to achieve our calving window. It would be next to impossible to breed on observed natural heats.[/quote]</p><p></p><p>You are in an entirely different situation than we are, and what you are doing makes total sense given the scope of your operation. We prefer to calve in the fall, or late spring, essentially when it's good weather, which seems to be a thing of the past. However, with that said, we have calves come year round. Summer is not ideal because of the heat and flies, but we keep our gals in small groups, 8-10, with lots of shade and access to waterers, it doesn't get too messy that way. If a calf is born in August for example, we try to shoot the dam with Vetgun right after she gives birth, and we keep the pastures mowed low. It's intensive, but getting a certain pedigree is what we are after. At this point we have most of our herd scheduled to calf in the fall of 2019, with a few coming over the next three months.</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p>
[QUOTE="CattleMan1920, post: 1549365, member: 37967"] [/quote] Curious about your calving window and if you feel that it hurts you a little when it comes to selling? Maybe your window is still tight? I ask because we also farm 5000 acres. This year, we’ll calve out over 500 cows and 100 heifers. We need a tight window, so that we can get to the fields to prepare for planting season and anything that hasn’t calved by first week of March, gets sold. We also don’t like calving in mud. Most folks around here start calving when we finish. I ask about selling because we as buyers, won’t buy a bred PB cow no matter how good she looks or how cheap she may sell, because she calves outside our window. Syncing is the only way to achieve our calving window. It would be next to impossible to breed on observed natural heats.[/quote] You are in an entirely different situation than we are, and what you are doing makes total sense given the scope of your operation. We prefer to calve in the fall, or late spring, essentially when it's good weather, which seems to be a thing of the past. However, with that said, we have calves come year round. Summer is not ideal because of the heat and flies, but we keep our gals in small groups, 8-10, with lots of shade and access to waterers, it doesn't get too messy that way. If a calf is born in August for example, we try to shoot the dam with Vetgun right after she gives birth, and we keep the pastures mowed low. It's intensive, but getting a certain pedigree is what we are after. At this point we have most of our herd scheduled to calf in the fall of 2019, with a few coming over the next three months. [/QUOTE]
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