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<blockquote data-quote="SRBeef" data-source="post: 920119" data-attributes="member: 7509"><p>hmmm. As I recall, the bovine cycle is somewhere around 23 days. 60 days is almost 3 cycles. With a reasonable bull to cow ratio and terain to be covered, they darn well should all be bred on 2 cycles.</p><p></p><p>My calving started March 27. All but two cows I purchased as May calving bred heifers 2 years ago (remind me not to buy out of sync bred females again) have calved. The last one today.</p><p></p><p>I put my bull(s) in on June 18th. Even the one that calved today will have about a 60 day window to start cycling again. A 75 days ppi is reasonable and all should be bred by their 2nd cycle after bull in or they need to be in someone else's herd or hamburger.</p><p></p><p>So no you have not convinced me that a 70% bred rate after 3 cycles with a bull is acceptable.Making excuses for cows not bred gets very expensive. University numbers use $500 as a typical cost to keep a cow for a year. If I am spending $500 on that cow she darn well needs to produce some income by producing a calf or going to the sale barn.</p><p></p><p>Jim</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SRBeef, post: 920119, member: 7509"] hmmm. As I recall, the bovine cycle is somewhere around 23 days. 60 days is almost 3 cycles. With a reasonable bull to cow ratio and terain to be covered, they darn well should all be bred on 2 cycles. My calving started March 27. All but two cows I purchased as May calving bred heifers 2 years ago (remind me not to buy out of sync bred females again) have calved. The last one today. I put my bull(s) in on June 18th. Even the one that calved today will have about a 60 day window to start cycling again. A 75 days ppi is reasonable and all should be bred by their 2nd cycle after bull in or they need to be in someone else's herd or hamburger. So no you have not convinced me that a 70% bred rate after 3 cycles with a bull is acceptable.Making excuses for cows not bred gets very expensive. University numbers use $500 as a typical cost to keep a cow for a year. If I am spending $500 on that cow she darn well needs to produce some income by producing a calf or going to the sale barn. Jim [/QUOTE]
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