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<blockquote data-quote="Jeanne - Simme Valley" data-source="post: 825475" data-attributes="member: 968"><p>Thanks</p><p>But, you really still don't get it. You & I live in a totally different environment. Very difficult to get heifers ready for breeding by 4-10 when they haven't started grazing for at least another 3 weeks, with our winters. And our "show cattle" are raised the exact same as my whole herd - and when you walk thru my herd you would NEVER be able to pick out a cow that had been a show heifer. It is much more economical to get a heifer to reach her breeding potential at a young age, and NOT have to feed her AFTER she calves. If they are in good condition at breeding, then turned out on lush pastures all summer & raised in the "back 40" on baleage during our harsh winters, they are in the BCS you see in these pictures at calving. They rebreed quickly. My 3-year olds are the worse BCS of all my herd every year. 2-yr olds start out great, but by fall have lost condition and have a harder time putting it back on with our good late fall grazing. If they don't get a good "layer" put on prior to the harsh winter, then they never do - they just maintain.</p><p>If anyplace I could improve my breeding success, would be to suppliment those 2.5 - 3 yr olds. But, I don't.</p><p>We all do what we can to make money. My cattle are easy keeping, money makers IN MY ENVIRONMENT. Your cattle wouldn't (well, maybe the cattle you USED to have) wouldn't hardly survive here.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jeanne - Simme Valley, post: 825475, member: 968"] Thanks But, you really still don't get it. You & I live in a totally different environment. Very difficult to get heifers ready for breeding by 4-10 when they haven't started grazing for at least another 3 weeks, with our winters. And our "show cattle" are raised the exact same as my whole herd - and when you walk thru my herd you would NEVER be able to pick out a cow that had been a show heifer. It is much more economical to get a heifer to reach her breeding potential at a young age, and NOT have to feed her AFTER she calves. If they are in good condition at breeding, then turned out on lush pastures all summer & raised in the "back 40" on baleage during our harsh winters, they are in the BCS you see in these pictures at calving. They rebreed quickly. My 3-year olds are the worse BCS of all my herd every year. 2-yr olds start out great, but by fall have lost condition and have a harder time putting it back on with our good late fall grazing. If they don't get a good "layer" put on prior to the harsh winter, then they never do - they just maintain. If anyplace I could improve my breeding success, would be to suppliment those 2.5 - 3 yr olds. But, I don't. We all do what we can to make money. My cattle are easy keeping, money makers IN MY ENVIRONMENT. Your cattle wouldn't (well, maybe the cattle you USED to have) wouldn't hardly survive here. [/QUOTE]
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