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<blockquote data-quote="Silver" data-source="post: 1673299" data-attributes="member: 12520"><p>Why 30 days? At 30 days you are accepting a good portion of heifers that were born in the second cycle. If it's okay to keep some born in the second breeding cycle why put the line there?</p><p>Heifers that are developed right will breed to calve in time with the herd that are born any time in the first two cycles. If a heifer is not bred in time the time to cull them is in the fall at preg checking time. A dry heifer coming off grass in the fall is still better money than a heifer calf sold at 200 days of age.</p><p></p><p>I like to keep a little more than half of my heifers for replacements, and do try to keep mostly the earlier born ones. But I have many older cows that calve during the first 21 days of calving season that were born after 30 days.</p><p>I like to keep the herd young and saleable at all times, so generally almost a third of the herd is first and second calvers. This also gives me the option to sell almost all my heifer calves in a tough year and still retain a relatively young herd.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Silver, post: 1673299, member: 12520"] Why 30 days? At 30 days you are accepting a good portion of heifers that were born in the second cycle. If it's okay to keep some born in the second breeding cycle why put the line there? Heifers that are developed right will breed to calve in time with the herd that are born any time in the first two cycles. If a heifer is not bred in time the time to cull them is in the fall at preg checking time. A dry heifer coming off grass in the fall is still better money than a heifer calf sold at 200 days of age. I like to keep a little more than half of my heifers for replacements, and do try to keep mostly the earlier born ones. But I have many older cows that calve during the first 21 days of calving season that were born after 30 days. I like to keep the herd young and saleable at all times, so generally almost a third of the herd is first and second calvers. This also gives me the option to sell almost all my heifer calves in a tough year and still retain a relatively young herd. [/QUOTE]
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