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<blockquote data-quote="Nesikep" data-source="post: 1292550" data-attributes="member: 9096"><p>That brings up another good question... At what age do you require your heifers to be cycling? Is it really desirable to have heifers cycling at 6 months?... as long as the vast majority (95-100%) are cycling by a 14 months are you gaining anything by having a significant portion of them possibly being bred too early? Do all heifers who start cycling later (12 months) have problems breeding back?</p><p></p><p>The mother of the bull calves I've kept has been a good cow, at the time we were breeding at 26 months (gave up on that after a couple years), but has always maintained good condition while raising exceptional calves, and nearly always bred back on the first cycle (once out of 8 she was early in the 2nd cycle).</p><p></p><p>I think more important that selecting for SC, is to select for the traits you want directly... Cull what doesn't make a good calf and the rest will start to take care of itself.</p><p></p><p>LuckyP, very good link!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nesikep, post: 1292550, member: 9096"] That brings up another good question... At what age do you require your heifers to be cycling? Is it really desirable to have heifers cycling at 6 months?... as long as the vast majority (95-100%) are cycling by a 14 months are you gaining anything by having a significant portion of them possibly being bred too early? Do all heifers who start cycling later (12 months) have problems breeding back? The mother of the bull calves I've kept has been a good cow, at the time we were breeding at 26 months (gave up on that after a couple years), but has always maintained good condition while raising exceptional calves, and nearly always bred back on the first cycle (once out of 8 she was early in the 2nd cycle). I think more important that selecting for SC, is to select for the traits you want directly... Cull what doesn't make a good calf and the rest will start to take care of itself. LuckyP, very good link! [/QUOTE]
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