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<blockquote data-quote="Anonymous" data-source="post: 10860"><p>Most people breed heifers at around 14 months of age so they will calve around 2 years of age. Some of the decision depends on the breed of cow and the size of the cow.</p><p></p><p>As for the bull, if a mature bull has good conformation and balance, along with low birthweight epd's, he can breed heifers without causing problems. Our oldest Murray Grey cow was a 60# baby out of a first calf Murray Grey heifer and a 10 year old Murray Grey bull. She matured to around 1200#.</p><p></p><p>If the bull has poor conformation and balance, he will put most of his body weight on the heifer and can do some physical harm. If the bull is young, and not near his mature weight, but has high birthweight epd's, you're probably in trouble.</p><p></p><p>> how old do heifer calves need to</p><p>> be to breed them and is it better</p><p>> to breed to young bull that</p><p>> dosen't weight so much. thank you</p><p>> for your responce.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 10860"] Most people breed heifers at around 14 months of age so they will calve around 2 years of age. Some of the decision depends on the breed of cow and the size of the cow. As for the bull, if a mature bull has good conformation and balance, along with low birthweight epd's, he can breed heifers without causing problems. Our oldest Murray Grey cow was a 60# baby out of a first calf Murray Grey heifer and a 10 year old Murray Grey bull. She matured to around 1200#. If the bull has poor conformation and balance, he will put most of his body weight on the heifer and can do some physical harm. If the bull is young, and not near his mature weight, but has high birthweight epd's, you're probably in trouble. > how old do heifer calves need to > be to breed them and is it better > to breed to young bull that > dosen't weight so much. thank you > for your responce. [/QUOTE]
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