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What percentage of your retained heifers make cows?
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<blockquote data-quote="Nesikep" data-source="post: 1109054" data-attributes="member: 9096"><p>OK, I'll go back a few years and give you my numbers... This is for about a 20 cow herd, give or take a few... we should have 23 this year...</p><p></p><p>2004 - 4 of 7 = 57%... 2 poor producers culled early, 1 died of a stroke at 9 years old</p><p>2005 - 2 of 3 = 67%... 1 bred as a calf and shipped at about 4 years</p><p>2006 - 1 of 5 = 20%... 3 were lousy to begin with, 4th lived to 6 years, had bad hooves, udder, and attitude</p><p>2007 - 3 of 3 = 100%... They're all pretty good</p><p>2008 - 2 of 3 = 67%... One couldn't wean a calf heavier than 500 lbs to save her life.. 1 is on the block for this fall, 3rd seems OK</p><p>2009 - 2 of 4 - 50%... 1 poor producer, 1 died of heat stroke, the remaining 2 are prolapse cows and this is their last year... So 0% I guess</p><p>2010 - 2 of 2 = 100%.. Both great cows, but 1 has a fencebuster habit... I'll keep her for a while yet</p><p>2011 - 4 of 4 = 100%.. They're looking good coming into their 2nd calf... all seem to be good producers</p><p>2012 - 3 of 3... but one is late and on thin ice... if she catches and does OK she'll stay</p><p></p><p>With those numbers I've been able to increase my herd... I keep about 4 a year and I think I've gotten rid of some bad hereditary traits that haunted us for years and caused a lot of culling</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nesikep, post: 1109054, member: 9096"] OK, I'll go back a few years and give you my numbers... This is for about a 20 cow herd, give or take a few... we should have 23 this year... 2004 - 4 of 7 = 57%... 2 poor producers culled early, 1 died of a stroke at 9 years old 2005 - 2 of 3 = 67%... 1 bred as a calf and shipped at about 4 years 2006 - 1 of 5 = 20%... 3 were lousy to begin with, 4th lived to 6 years, had bad hooves, udder, and attitude 2007 - 3 of 3 = 100%... They're all pretty good 2008 - 2 of 3 = 67%... One couldn't wean a calf heavier than 500 lbs to save her life.. 1 is on the block for this fall, 3rd seems OK 2009 - 2 of 4 - 50%... 1 poor producer, 1 died of heat stroke, the remaining 2 are prolapse cows and this is their last year... So 0% I guess 2010 - 2 of 2 = 100%.. Both great cows, but 1 has a fencebuster habit... I'll keep her for a while yet 2011 - 4 of 4 = 100%.. They're looking good coming into their 2nd calf... all seem to be good producers 2012 - 3 of 3... but one is late and on thin ice... if she catches and does OK she'll stay With those numbers I've been able to increase my herd... I keep about 4 a year and I think I've gotten rid of some bad hereditary traits that haunted us for years and caused a lot of culling [/QUOTE]
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