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Two yr old hiefers
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<blockquote data-quote="Chris H" data-source="post: 218732" data-attributes="member: 1974"><p>Well, I read your question as meaning do you keep any of the 23 that might not breed back. You said you're culling the 2 without a calf.</p><p>We cull if they don't breed back, unless we really like them and can move them from spring to fall or fall to spring. If we lose a whole year we won't keep them. We will keep a cow if she loses a calf through no fault of her own, we've never kept one that aborted though. We do try to give the 2's an advantage in feed since they are still growing. If we have good pasture, they go in with the rest of the pairs, after they calve. If pasture gets short then we pull the 2's and supplement them with grain. Last year they stayed with the cows the full season, but we did wean a few heavy milking ones early.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Chris H, post: 218732, member: 1974"] Well, I read your question as meaning do you keep any of the 23 that might not breed back. You said you're culling the 2 without a calf. We cull if they don't breed back, unless we really like them and can move them from spring to fall or fall to spring. If we lose a whole year we won't keep them. We will keep a cow if she loses a calf through no fault of her own, we've never kept one that aborted though. We do try to give the 2's an advantage in feed since they are still growing. If we have good pasture, they go in with the rest of the pairs, after they calve. If pasture gets short then we pull the 2's and supplement them with grain. Last year they stayed with the cows the full season, but we did wean a few heavy milking ones early. [/QUOTE]
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