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Breeding / Calving Issues
Is it too late? And how to manage?
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<blockquote data-quote="moses388" data-source="post: 1697756" data-attributes="member: 27368"><p>2021 calving was May 17 - July 15. </p><p>2022 calving will start June 20 (283 days)</p><p></p><p>The heifers that did not deliver.... If those heifers are close to calving (springing), they will appear large and may show growth in their udders. If you sleeved the heifers you might be able to feel the calf. Is there a possibility the heifers were recently bred? Then I would ultrasound them. Heifers that are open, and did not produce a calf this year, would be fattened for cull. </p><p></p><p>I have a Fall calving group. I think they do okay in Winter. Cattle have sheds with cornstalk bedding to get out of the weather. The calves nurse and eat creep feed. They all eat bales of hay. Cows will eat more food during the winter. A cow is feeding herself and eating to make milk for the calf. </p><p></p><p>Keep your calving window on schedule. When it slips it is hard to go back. Heifers that calve now will be able to breed back in 60 days. And calving July 30 2022 into August. You will be stretching the calving window.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="moses388, post: 1697756, member: 27368"] 2021 calving was May 17 - July 15. 2022 calving will start June 20 (283 days) The heifers that did not deliver.... If those heifers are close to calving (springing), they will appear large and may show growth in their udders. If you sleeved the heifers you might be able to feel the calf. Is there a possibility the heifers were recently bred? Then I would ultrasound them. Heifers that are open, and did not produce a calf this year, would be fattened for cull. I have a Fall calving group. I think they do okay in Winter. Cattle have sheds with cornstalk bedding to get out of the weather. The calves nurse and eat creep feed. They all eat bales of hay. Cows will eat more food during the winter. A cow is feeding herself and eating to make milk for the calf. Keep your calving window on schedule. When it slips it is hard to go back. Heifers that calve now will be able to breed back in 60 days. And calving July 30 2022 into August. You will be stretching the calving window. [/QUOTE]
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