artesianspringsfarm
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Due to my lack of infrastructure I am going to have to use some lutalyse on some cows. I am trying to move our calving back to May but had the bull with a small group of cows that calved in early March and one heifer that I wanted to wait till May on also. Here are my questions:
1. For the heifer, she could have been bred anywhere from second week of January on. Am I risking anything by using Lute on her and could I wait another 3-4 weeks to do it without any increased risk?
2. For the cows, the longest fresh is about 45 days now and I do believe the bull has bred her. Not sure about the others but let's assume they have been. My question is should I Lute them in about 3 weeks when they can be separated from the bull, or should I lute them around July 1 when I plan on ptting the bull back in with them. He would only have about 10 to breed so its not anything crazy numbers wise.
Interested to hear opinions. Thanks
1. For the heifer, she could have been bred anywhere from second week of January on. Am I risking anything by using Lute on her and could I wait another 3-4 weeks to do it without any increased risk?
2. For the cows, the longest fresh is about 45 days now and I do believe the bull has bred her. Not sure about the others but let's assume they have been. My question is should I Lute them in about 3 weeks when they can be separated from the bull, or should I lute them around July 1 when I plan on ptting the bull back in with them. He would only have about 10 to breed so its not anything crazy numbers wise.
Interested to hear opinions. Thanks