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Replacement Heifer Gain Target ?
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<blockquote data-quote="Ky hills" data-source="post: 1466312" data-attributes="member: 24816"><p>I have always had a target age of 14-15 months to breed heifers. That puts them 2 yrs or very close, then hopefully they get bred back within 2-3 months or somewhere there about, that equates to them having their second calf at or around 3 yrs old.</p><p>Sometimes, although not ideal we will have a 13 month old heifer or 2-3 and if their pelvic measure is enough then we will usually go on and put them with a bull. On occasion we do have a heifer calf gets bred before weaning, and thankfully those situations have worked out ok in recent years, but I certainly would not want a practice of calving heifers before 22 months on much of a scale.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ky hills, post: 1466312, member: 24816"] I have always had a target age of 14-15 months to breed heifers. That puts them 2 yrs or very close, then hopefully they get bred back within 2-3 months or somewhere there about, that equates to them having their second calf at or around 3 yrs old. Sometimes, although not ideal we will have a 13 month old heifer or 2-3 and if their pelvic measure is enough then we will usually go on and put them with a bull. On occasion we do have a heifer calf gets bred before weaning, and thankfully those situations have worked out ok in recent years, but I certainly would not want a practice of calving heifers before 22 months on much of a scale. [/QUOTE]
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