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Retained Heifer Percentage ?
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<blockquote data-quote="GoWyo" data-source="post: 1673306" data-attributes="member: 38220"><p>We have been growing the herd at 20% per year. We synch and a.i. breed the whole herd and then clean up bulls. All sires are maternally oriented -- no terminal types. Keep every heifer born to a.i. or the first clean up cycle that doesn't have some disqualification such as being a dink or structurally flawed. Preg check heifers ultrasound 90 days post a.i., feed the opens, sell the late breds and keep the a.i. or second cycle bred ones for replacements. Cows preg checked in October. If we have the feed will keep the late calvers and either sell them after about April 20 or calve them and sell as pairs in May/June. As we reach herd size goals, the culls will get deeper, but I am pretty happy with this herd so far and their maternal strength. Only maybe 5-10% cull rate at the moment. In another 5 years almost every young cow will be sisters or cousins to each other. We are a purebred Angus outfit and use our home raised bulls for clean up for the past 13 years. New genetics are brought in through a.i. sires, but the maternal lines consist of about a half dozen cow families. Every couple years we will purchase a cow or two at a dispersal sale that fit our profile to see how our own lines stack up in this environment with the new cows.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GoWyo, post: 1673306, member: 38220"] We have been growing the herd at 20% per year. We synch and a.i. breed the whole herd and then clean up bulls. All sires are maternally oriented -- no terminal types. Keep every heifer born to a.i. or the first clean up cycle that doesn't have some disqualification such as being a dink or structurally flawed. Preg check heifers ultrasound 90 days post a.i., feed the opens, sell the late breds and keep the a.i. or second cycle bred ones for replacements. Cows preg checked in October. If we have the feed will keep the late calvers and either sell them after about April 20 or calve them and sell as pairs in May/June. As we reach herd size goals, the culls will get deeper, but I am pretty happy with this herd so far and their maternal strength. Only maybe 5-10% cull rate at the moment. In another 5 years almost every young cow will be sisters or cousins to each other. We are a purebred Angus outfit and use our home raised bulls for clean up for the past 13 years. New genetics are brought in through a.i. sires, but the maternal lines consist of about a half dozen cow families. Every couple years we will purchase a cow or two at a dispersal sale that fit our profile to see how our own lines stack up in this environment with the new cows. [/QUOTE]
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