Quickest a cow will breed back

[Hardin Farms]

I have a cow in my herd that calved Sept. 8th of last year. Yesterday while checking on the cows, I noticed she was missing. Road around in the pasture and spotted her under some shade trees. It was fairly warm, so it didn't surprise me, but the calf that was laying beside her did! I wasn't expecting her to be calving for at least another month. That would have put her rebreeding around the 28th or so of September. So she would have cycled 20ish days after calving.

This just got me curious what's the fasted you guys have had one breed back?

 

[Lee VanRoss]

I realize this does not answer your question but I pull the bull before they calve and put him back in at a time that will give me calves
when I want them... I have yet to see what you describe pay off other than in a sale barn scalping situation, [I'm not into that]

 

[kenny thomas]

Have seen a couple cycle at 8 days and had 1 cow that would consistently calve every 10 months.

 

[Warren Allison]

A cow will come in heat 18-20 days after calving, so that's about right if she calved on Sept 8. Most reccommend waiting 45-60 days to breed back, though.

 

[farmerjan]

Have had several cows show heats within a month of calving if their nutrition levels are good. Got one that would calve every 10-11 months except she would be out of synch so make sure she cannot get with a bull too soon. She was a bought cow, and we backed her up nearly 4 months in less than 2 years to get her to calving with the group we wanted her with. Raises a pretty decent calf too.
We try to keep it at a 11-13 month calving interval though... so bulls don't go in until when we want the first calves to get born... But then we will stick a later calver out with the bull when the calf is a week or so old to try to get her to "back up" a month or so on calving....

That's a pretty fertile cow.... good kind to have.

 

[Caustic Burno]

I have several that produce a calf at 10 months. If you go over 12 they are short timers.
At a buck sixty a day for inputs at today’s prices can’t stand any slackers. That’s 585 bucks a year to keep a bovine in the pasture. It’s real simple the three F’s feed, fuel and fertilizer set the inputs.

 

[BFE]

Had one calve a couple weeks ago that went in just over 10 months. She's from a group i bought 3 years ago who were all fall calvers, and we been trying to catch my spring cows. We're almost there.

 

[Redgully]

Similar to Kenny, i had one in heat 10 days after calving but i didn't let her get bred until 42 days later. When i used to run murray grey crosses with a bull year round we often had cows calve every 10-11 months.

 

[Brute 23]

That's not uncommon for a mature cow in good condition.

 

[Hardin Farms]

I realize this does not answer your question but I pull the bull before they calve and put him back in at a time that will give me calves
when I want them... I have yet to see what you describe pay off other than in a sale barn scalping situation, [I'm not into that]

It wasn't intended. I went back and looked at my records, I pulled the bull on the 20th. She was the first to calve in my calving cycle last fall and I procrastinated a little long. I personally have never had one breed back that quickly. I've had cows that would back up a month every year if the bull was left with them, but never this quick. I pulled the bull yesterday from my heard to prevent this from happening with her again.

 

[Hardin Farms]

Have seen a couple cycle at 8 days and had 1 cow that would consistently calve every 10 months.

Keeping a bull with the heard year round wouldn't be terrible around here.

I don't know what the added productivity $ of a cow would be over a lifetime is she calved ever 10 months rather than yearly. Every 6 years it'd be like having an extra calf. Maybe I'm not thinking about that right though.

 

[Bum Steer]

2 bulls broke out. Found them with the cows "having their way" with 10U. Limo cross. 17 days post calving. She caught.

 

[BFE]

Keeping a bull with the heard year round wouldn't be terrible around here.

I don't know what the added productivity $ of a cow would be over a lifetime is she calved ever 10 months rather than yearly. Every 6 years it'd be like having an extra calf. Maybe I'm not thinking about that right though.

Let’s assume a cow has x number of calves she’ll produce. Let’s assume she’ll have them in let’s say ten instead of twelve years. That’s two less years of feed. Maybe not a bad idea. Not what I aim for but something to think about.

 

[Brute 23]

Let’s assume a cow has x number of calves she’ll produce. Let’s assume she’ll have them in let’s say ten instead of twelve years. That’s two less years of feed. Maybe not a bad idea. Not what I aim for but something to think about.

... and you dont need near the bull power and you dont have near the bull related problems.

 

[Brute 23]

Those are the ones you want heifers from also.

 

[coachg]

We calve half our herd spring and half fall , got a few extra on the fall end so left the bull in . Had 10-12 move up 2 months, July instead of September . Most moved to late May to June this year .

 

[Hardin Farms]

Those are the ones you want heifers from also.

This years calf will be 3 heifers in a row. All will remain in the herd!

 

[BFE]

Those are the ones you want heifers from also.

My cow had her first heifer since I've owned her. Her bull calves are always growthy, and she looks the same by herself or with a 500 pounder sucking. You bet I'm keeping her back!

 

[BFE]

https://www.cattletoday.com/threads/bull-prospect.123652/page-3#post-1665034
This was her last winter with an August calf on her. All the water, air, grass and hay she can get is her program.

 

[BrazosBottomHand]

I realize this does not answer your question but I pull the bull before they calve and put him back in at a time that will give me calves
when I want them... I have yet to see what you describe pay off other than in a sale barn scalping situation, [I'm not into that]

What’s sale barn scalping?