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<blockquote data-quote="Anonymous" data-source="post: 14631"><p>Okay, here's the deal! My dad went from one hundred cow/calf units to seventeen acres, twelve cows, one bull. He sort of lost track of when and where the bull was, and I ended up with a heifer that had gotten bred (by her dad) on the very day that she turned six months. The vet took the calf c-section, but we had waited too long, and the calf died after twelve hours. Because of this added burden on a cow that was going to be small when she was an adult anyway, she has never grown much past yearling size. We will be eating her next month. My dad's standard practice is to keep the bull in a bull pen, not bigger than a hundred by fifty feet in width and length. There are very few times that the bull can be with the cows, because we can't afford any more six month old pregnant heifers... the bull hassles the cows that are calving, and the place really goes down hill from there. Granted, it was only one heifer, but that was one heifer too many. I have since heard of people buying pregnant heifers from the feed lot that had been impregnated at four months. Small place, keep bull penned and take the cows to him, if you can't get him to breed them in a two month period... otherwise..... you are taking some unneccesary (sp) risks... in my humble opinion.</p><p></p><p> <a href="mailto:Sailor_One@hotmail.com">Sailor_One@hotmail.com</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 14631"] Okay, here's the deal! My dad went from one hundred cow/calf units to seventeen acres, twelve cows, one bull. He sort of lost track of when and where the bull was, and I ended up with a heifer that had gotten bred (by her dad) on the very day that she turned six months. The vet took the calf c-section, but we had waited too long, and the calf died after twelve hours. Because of this added burden on a cow that was going to be small when she was an adult anyway, she has never grown much past yearling size. We will be eating her next month. My dad's standard practice is to keep the bull in a bull pen, not bigger than a hundred by fifty feet in width and length. There are very few times that the bull can be with the cows, because we can't afford any more six month old pregnant heifers... the bull hassles the cows that are calving, and the place really goes down hill from there. Granted, it was only one heifer, but that was one heifer too many. I have since heard of people buying pregnant heifers from the feed lot that had been impregnated at four months. Small place, keep bull penned and take the cows to him, if you can't get him to breed them in a two month period... otherwise..... you are taking some unneccesary (sp) risks... in my humble opinion. [email=Sailor_One@hotmail.com]Sailor_One@hotmail.com[/email] [/QUOTE]
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