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Seeking advice for herd of 1st calf pairs
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<blockquote data-quote="farmerjan" data-source="post: 1405691" data-attributes="member: 25884"><p>If you want your cows to calve around a certain time then you put the bull in accordingly. We calve in 2 groups. Spring and fall. So our bulls go in 1st of June for March calves and come out by Sept 1st and then they go in mid - nov for late Aug/sept calves and come out before the 1st of Mar. It is a little more flexible due to weather conditions and what we have going on....but we shoot for a 60-90 day calving window. We usually have it closer to 60 days if the cows are in good shape with maybe a couple of stragglers. We want spring calving done before June 1st and again the fall calving done before Dec 1st. </p><p>If you wait to put the bull in with the whole group, the ones with the older calves ought to be cycling good, and the ones with the younger calves will be cycling by the time they are 8 weeks. The ones with the older calves may settle a little quicker, but they still should all get into a 90 day window if they are in good shape. </p><p>Determine your time to put bulls in according to when you want the calves.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="farmerjan, post: 1405691, member: 25884"] If you want your cows to calve around a certain time then you put the bull in accordingly. We calve in 2 groups. Spring and fall. So our bulls go in 1st of June for March calves and come out by Sept 1st and then they go in mid - nov for late Aug/sept calves and come out before the 1st of Mar. It is a little more flexible due to weather conditions and what we have going on....but we shoot for a 60-90 day calving window. We usually have it closer to 60 days if the cows are in good shape with maybe a couple of stragglers. We want spring calving done before June 1st and again the fall calving done before Dec 1st. If you wait to put the bull in with the whole group, the ones with the older calves ought to be cycling good, and the ones with the younger calves will be cycling by the time they are 8 weeks. The ones with the older calves may settle a little quicker, but they still should all get into a 90 day window if they are in good shape. Determine your time to put bulls in according to when you want the calves. [/QUOTE]
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