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<blockquote data-quote="Redgully" data-source="post: 1579414" data-attributes="member: 33533"><p>I don't worry too much myself but the dairy guys can have coronaries when they visit and see the condition of my heifers. I breed red polls which naturally have good milk. I did have two heifers that got over conditioned as i too have good pastures. I don't feed grain but red polls excell on grass alone. These two have struggled a bit in feeding their calves. What i have noticed is their calves are suckling twice as much as the others. The other cows seem to be able to satisfy their calves in one go and they then sit and wander around for a few hours. One of the cows that got over fat as a heifer is on her third calf now and still the same. But their calves still grow well. I breed on natural heats and my system is simple, if i see her standing, four hours later she gets a straw. My semen ranges from the 1980s to the latest stuff. Admittedly these days it is a hobby and i only have 7 cows now but i run very close to 95% strike. I have one cow, as a hiefer i couldn't get through her cervix and as a cow i can't, and she's never missed! The only ones i have that didn't take there was a reason, i.e. ovarian cyst, metritis, to soon after calving.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Redgully, post: 1579414, member: 33533"] I don't worry too much myself but the dairy guys can have coronaries when they visit and see the condition of my heifers. I breed red polls which naturally have good milk. I did have two heifers that got over conditioned as i too have good pastures. I don't feed grain but red polls excell on grass alone. These two have struggled a bit in feeding their calves. What i have noticed is their calves are suckling twice as much as the others. The other cows seem to be able to satisfy their calves in one go and they then sit and wander around for a few hours. One of the cows that got over fat as a heifer is on her third calf now and still the same. But their calves still grow well. I breed on natural heats and my system is simple, if i see her standing, four hours later she gets a straw. My semen ranges from the 1980s to the latest stuff. Admittedly these days it is a hobby and i only have 7 cows now but i run very close to 95% strike. I have one cow, as a hiefer i couldn't get through her cervix and as a cow i can't, and she's never missed! The only ones i have that didn't take there was a reason, i.e. ovarian cyst, metritis, to soon after calving. [/QUOTE]
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