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What would you do about the heifers?
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<blockquote data-quote="BARNSCOOP" data-source="post: 678995" data-attributes="member: 7032"><p>I sell freezer beef. Half my calves this year were heifers. I sold all but one because I culled their moms with them and have one heifer left. The same day they sold we bought back replacement bulls, to steer ,at the stockyard. I don't like to do this because I hate to open my herd and plus I want crossbred calves, what I raise, not an unknown. My problem is that I have a small farm and the cattle are rotationally grazed. They have to be kept in one group other than an acre lot set aside for grain finishing. Can I keep my heifers and give them some sorta shot so they wont be bred before they are 18-19 mths old? Will I loose alot of gain by finishing heifers verse steers? and if I can give them a shot will this compromise any Natural Beef practice?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BARNSCOOP, post: 678995, member: 7032"] I sell freezer beef. Half my calves this year were heifers. I sold all but one because I culled their moms with them and have one heifer left. The same day they sold we bought back replacement bulls, to steer ,at the stockyard. I don't like to do this because I hate to open my herd and plus I want crossbred calves, what I raise, not an unknown. My problem is that I have a small farm and the cattle are rotationally grazed. They have to be kept in one group other than an acre lot set aside for grain finishing. Can I keep my heifers and give them some sorta shot so they wont be bred before they are 18-19 mths old? Will I loose alot of gain by finishing heifers verse steers? and if I can give them a shot will this compromise any Natural Beef practice? [/QUOTE]
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