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<blockquote data-quote="farmerjan" data-source="post: 1665621" data-attributes="member: 25884"><p>We too have more problems with purchased bred heifers than any we have raised. I will not buy bred heifers as a rule anymore. </p><p>I calve my heifers in the 26-30 month range. Have had lots of people tell me that I am waiting too long. To each his own.... I have not pulled a calf from one of our heifers in so long I can't remember..... and I like it that way. OOPS, I did "pull a calf" 2 years ago, feet, no head, the head was back and as soon as we got her in and it straightened out, she had it but it was dead. So technically didn't pull it but had to fix a bad presentation.... She bred back and had a calf normally.</p><p>Lost a good heifer that got her head down the hill just a little bit, under a fence and could not get it figured out to get her head out..... freak thing. Could have been a cow just as easily..... </p><p>Sorry for your misfortune, but it happens to every single one of us sometime, no matter how good a care we take.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="farmerjan, post: 1665621, member: 25884"] We too have more problems with purchased bred heifers than any we have raised. I will not buy bred heifers as a rule anymore. I calve my heifers in the 26-30 month range. Have had lots of people tell me that I am waiting too long. To each his own.... I have not pulled a calf from one of our heifers in so long I can't remember..... and I like it that way. OOPS, I did "pull a calf" 2 years ago, feet, no head, the head was back and as soon as we got her in and it straightened out, she had it but it was dead. So technically didn't pull it but had to fix a bad presentation.... She bred back and had a calf normally. Lost a good heifer that got her head down the hill just a little bit, under a fence and could not get it figured out to get her head out..... freak thing. Could have been a cow just as easily..... Sorry for your misfortune, but it happens to every single one of us sometime, no matter how good a care we take. [/QUOTE]
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