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Inducing Cows to Calve Early
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<blockquote data-quote="Lucky" data-source="post: 1817537" data-attributes="member: 32659"><p>We always use low birth weight bulls when breeding heifers. The problem I've found with EPDs is that they are a best guess at what the bull will do and provide no data on the cow or heifer side. We have very few problems calving out heifers but it does happen. Several years ago we bred and calved out 20 of them. The first two both had problems. 1 one morning and 1 the next morning. 1 calf lived one didn't. The other 18 did just fine. All were bred to a proven LBW Angus bull but, not all had 60 # calves. I'd guess the calf weight of the 20 heifers ranged from 55-80#.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lucky, post: 1817537, member: 32659"] We always use low birth weight bulls when breeding heifers. The problem I've found with EPDs is that they are a best guess at what the bull will do and provide no data on the cow or heifer side. We have very few problems calving out heifers but it does happen. Several years ago we bred and calved out 20 of them. The first two both had problems. 1 one morning and 1 the next morning. 1 calf lived one didn’t. The other 18 did just fine. All were bred to a proven LBW Angus bull but, not all had 60 # calves. I'd guess the calf weight of the 20 heifers ranged from 55-80#. [/QUOTE]
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