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Selecting which heifers to keep
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<blockquote data-quote="jcarkie" data-source="post: 596362" data-attributes="member: 20"><p>we pick from the oldest heifers that will fit in the breeding season, example feb thru mid march, the later heifers go to the fall group if we need them, then we look at the cows history, good mother, consistantly breed back quick, good milker, attitude.......</p><p>always pick a couple of extra heifers, some will not follow thru, even from your best cow doesn't mean she will breed or make what you want. i was reading an article about a ranch that keeps every heifer and breeds them. </p><p>we had a good cow that we kept a heifer out of, she made a great cow{not the prettiest}, raises a big calf, breeds back, etc....kept her next heifer out of a better bull {pretty heifer}, she would not get bred. last spring kept 6, end up with 4.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jcarkie, post: 596362, member: 20"] we pick from the oldest heifers that will fit in the breeding season, example feb thru mid march, the later heifers go to the fall group if we need them, then we look at the cows history, good mother, consistantly breed back quick, good milker, attitude....... always pick a couple of extra heifers, some will not follow thru, even from your best cow doesn't mean she will breed or make what you want. i was reading an article about a ranch that keeps every heifer and breeds them. we had a good cow that we kept a heifer out of, she made a great cow{not the prettiest}, raises a big calf, breeds back, etc....kept her next heifer out of a better bull {pretty heifer}, she would not get bred. last spring kept 6, end up with 4. [/QUOTE]
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