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<blockquote data-quote="bcarty" data-source="post: 1005466" data-attributes="member: 17617"><p>Ok this is a really honest question turned into a bad debate. If you have never calved out any heifers on your own, then breed them at 14 months old, and as few as you have I would seriously look into AI. You get really high accuracy bulls that are guaranteed calving ease, and you get a calf that is really marketable. Not to mention you can generate some of your own high quality replacements. As far as a cleanup bull, just use a an angus bull with a CED above 10 and possibly a negative birthweight epd. Since these heifers are 1/4 simm they will be bigger framed, but they will also add some pounds at birth to their calves so you really want to look at taking some birth weight off. They should be old enough and framy enough to calve on the own. With the guaranteed calving ease of the AI bulls you will at least not have to worry about part of the heifers. The rest of them should calve on their own but you will want to watch them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bcarty, post: 1005466, member: 17617"] Ok this is a really honest question turned into a bad debate. If you have never calved out any heifers on your own, then breed them at 14 months old, and as few as you have I would seriously look into AI. You get really high accuracy bulls that are guaranteed calving ease, and you get a calf that is really marketable. Not to mention you can generate some of your own high quality replacements. As far as a cleanup bull, just use a an angus bull with a CED above 10 and possibly a negative birthweight epd. Since these heifers are 1/4 simm they will be bigger framed, but they will also add some pounds at birth to their calves so you really want to look at taking some birth weight off. They should be old enough and framy enough to calve on the own. With the guaranteed calving ease of the AI bulls you will at least not have to worry about part of the heifers. The rest of them should calve on their own but you will want to watch them. [/QUOTE]
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