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<blockquote data-quote="gcreekrch" data-source="post: 1843414" data-attributes="member: 14161"><p>We calve 130 to 150 heifers on average. To most operators standards our heifers would be considered on the small side. As yearlings they are with bulls for 30 to 42 days, no longer. After a 30 day season last year 22% were open. We can expect another 15 to 20% open after they have weaned their first calf and the cutoff is at 45 days from bulls being out. Many of these opens will be the heavier milking/harder doing types. </p><p>As second calvers the open rate drops to 5 to 7% which is herd average.</p><p>We manage for the middle, thankful for the overachieving cows and no mercy on those who don't want to work for what we pay them.</p><p>Most years we have a group of 8 to 10 year olds to sell to guys that buy their replacements and have better feed than we do to keep an older cow in production.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gcreekrch, post: 1843414, member: 14161"] We calve 130 to 150 heifers on average. To most operators standards our heifers would be considered on the small side. As yearlings they are with bulls for 30 to 42 days, no longer. After a 30 day season last year 22% were open. We can expect another 15 to 20% open after they have weaned their first calf and the cutoff is at 45 days from bulls being out. Many of these opens will be the heavier milking/harder doing types. As second calvers the open rate drops to 5 to 7% which is herd average. We manage for the middle, thankful for the overachieving cows and no mercy on those who don’t want to work for what we pay them. Most years we have a group of 8 to 10 year olds to sell to guys that buy their replacements and have better feed than we do to keep an older cow in production. [/QUOTE]
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