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How much do you expect from 1st calf heifers?
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<blockquote data-quote="Stocker Steve" data-source="post: 1587185" data-attributes="member: 1715"><p>I ran some high percentage ranch type Hereford heifers in a previous life. Excellent breed back, but had to watch the calves for BRD. I think limited milk stressed them and increased the chance of disease.</p><p></p><p>I have been calving heifers a couple weeks early, so if they have their second calf at 45 days from the cow herd start, they are really at 60 to 70 days back from their initial calving date. The place I see the most rebred delay is on slower maturing heifers that continue to grow a lot after calving. Some breed tendencies here. :cowboy: </p><p></p><p>I had on old timer tell me to calve heifers later than the cows. :???: His theory was to rebred them before they got milked down. Could be some feed quality issues involved in his operation.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Stocker Steve, post: 1587185, member: 1715"] I ran some high percentage ranch type Hereford heifers in a previous life. Excellent breed back, but had to watch the calves for BRD. I think limited milk stressed them and increased the chance of disease. I have been calving heifers a couple weeks early, so if they have their second calf at 45 days from the cow herd start, they are really at 60 to 70 days back from their initial calving date. The place I see the most rebred delay is on slower maturing heifers that continue to grow a lot after calving. Some breed tendencies here. :cowboy: I had on old timer tell me to calve heifers later than the cows. :???: His theory was to rebred them before they got milked down. Could be some feed quality issues involved in his operation. [/QUOTE]
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