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<blockquote data-quote="pdfangus" data-source="post: 486715" data-attributes="member: 6543"><p>I wil try to explain what I do.</p><p></p><p>forty cow herd. We try to calve in september and early October.</p><p>We Try to AI every cow.</p><p>We synchronize cows for breeding.</p><p>About mid October I start to feed one bag of cubes per day.</p><p>Gives me a chance to see all the cows and new calves pretty quick and reinforces the cows coming to me when called.</p><p>I do this through the AI breeding season which is the week after Thanksgiving.</p><p>Cows will come to the pen for cubes facilitating giving synchrony treatments.</p><p>Cows are bred on observed heat after synchrony.</p><p>After AI breeding the cubes are stopped.</p><p>I do all this single handed and if I had to chase the cows down every day I would sell em all.</p><p>I feed the cubes as a management enhancer and if they get a little nutritional boost al the better but that is not the aim.</p><p>Virgin heifers are kept separate until breeding and after AI service the heifers are kicked into the cow herd so the first calf heifers are in the cow herd right along with the older cows.</p><p>this year we had a summer drought and no rain til mid October and no fall stockpiled grass. We have been feeding some hay right along. but the fall and winter have been warm although drier than normal. </p><p>This year every first calf heifer showed heat and was bred on heat. 36 out of 40 animals were bred on observed heat.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pdfangus, post: 486715, member: 6543"] I wil try to explain what I do. forty cow herd. We try to calve in september and early October. We Try to AI every cow. We synchronize cows for breeding. About mid October I start to feed one bag of cubes per day. Gives me a chance to see all the cows and new calves pretty quick and reinforces the cows coming to me when called. I do this through the AI breeding season which is the week after Thanksgiving. Cows will come to the pen for cubes facilitating giving synchrony treatments. Cows are bred on observed heat after synchrony. After AI breeding the cubes are stopped. I do all this single handed and if I had to chase the cows down every day I would sell em all. I feed the cubes as a management enhancer and if they get a little nutritional boost al the better but that is not the aim. Virgin heifers are kept separate until breeding and after AI service the heifers are kicked into the cow herd so the first calf heifers are in the cow herd right along with the older cows. this year we had a summer drought and no rain til mid October and no fall stockpiled grass. We have been feeding some hay right along. but the fall and winter have been warm although drier than normal. This year every first calf heifer showed heat and was bred on heat. 36 out of 40 animals were bred on observed heat. [/QUOTE]
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