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need more advice about my c-section girl
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<blockquote data-quote="randiliana" data-source="post: 1299393" data-attributes="member: 2308"><p>We've never kept a C-section heifer around for a second go around. BUT, we are breeding to a calving ease bull, they were the only ones that had major issues, and the calves were not super big, or at least not that much bigger than the calve the others heifers were having either by themselves or with some assistance.</p><p></p><p>We did however keep one cow around for several years that calved with assistance as a heifer and required a C-section as a 3 year old. Breeding her back to our heifer bull, she ALWAYS had one of the larger calves for the year. And finally one year she had to have another C-section. We didn't keep her around to try for a third one.</p><p></p><p>My thoughts on the heifers (and we do not do pelvic measurements) are </p><p>If her calf (bred to a calving ease bull) is that much larger than her "sisters" what is going to happen when we breed her to a "Cow Bull"</p><p>If her calf is smaller (say under 80 lbs) and she cannot deliver on her own, again, what is going to happen when we breed her to a "Cow Bull"</p><p>And, is it worth taking a chance on her a second time for another ($500 procedure)?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="randiliana, post: 1299393, member: 2308"] We've never kept a C-section heifer around for a second go around. BUT, we are breeding to a calving ease bull, they were the only ones that had major issues, and the calves were not super big, or at least not that much bigger than the calve the others heifers were having either by themselves or with some assistance. We did however keep one cow around for several years that calved with assistance as a heifer and required a C-section as a 3 year old. Breeding her back to our heifer bull, she ALWAYS had one of the larger calves for the year. And finally one year she had to have another C-section. We didn't keep her around to try for a third one. My thoughts on the heifers (and we do not do pelvic measurements) are If her calf (bred to a calving ease bull) is that much larger than her "sisters" what is going to happen when we breed her to a "Cow Bull" If her calf is smaller (say under 80 lbs) and she cannot deliver on her own, again, what is going to happen when we breed her to a "Cow Bull" And, is it worth taking a chance on her a second time for another ($500 procedure)? [/QUOTE]
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