When to lute?

[BRAFORDMAN]

My cousin who watches my cattle while I am not at the ranch just called me and said my 2 brahman bulls got out of their pen and are in with my yearling brahman heifers.
He can't get the bulls out until this evening.

Pen was only field wire and a strand of barbed wire. THere was a weak spot in a corner where they got out and it can be fixed better to keep them in.

The heifers are 14-17 months old with one 3 year old and one 18 months old. I do not want them bred as they are to young (I breed at 18 months and up in my brahman cattle).

Brahman are slow maturing(They sually do not cycle until 18 months an older unless they are very well taken care of(I have taken great care of them)), but this group of heifers come from very fertile cows who have been moving up their calving dates since the breeder i got them from has had them. A few i believe have cycled(not sure but some have been ridden by other heifers)
I am not planning to breed the heifers until November.

When should I lute the heifers to abort any that may have been bred?

Thanks,
Justin

 

[dun]

10-14 days is what I've been told, I personally try for 14 days or 2 months for the weanling heifers

 

[hillsdown]

Day 9 and up, watch for heats .those that do not come into a heat within a month give them a shot again. I would do it at day 9 as it sounds like you will be wanting to breed these in a few months . Good luck.

 

[novatech]

My cousin who watches my cattle while I am not at the ranch just called me and said my 2 brahman bulls got out of their pen and are in with my yearling brahman heifers.
He can't get the bulls out until this evening.

Pen was only field wire and a strand of barbed wire. THere was a weak spot in a corner where they got out and it can be fixed better to keep them in.

The heifers are 14-17 months old with one 3 year old and one 18 months old. I do not want them bred as they are to young (I breed at 18 months and up in my brahman cattle).

Brahman are slow maturing(They sually do not cycle until 18 months an older unless they are very well taken care of(I have taken great care of them)), but this group of heifers come from very fertile cows who have been moving up their calving dates since the breeder i got them from has had them. A few i believe have cycled(not sure but some have been ridden by other heifers)
I am not planning to breed the heifers until November.

When should I lute the heifers to abort any that may have been bred?
Thanks,
Justin

Just a warning. You need to make sure that the heifers are capable of calving unassisted. Pushing Brahman heifers can also have other ramifications, like poor milk production, poor mothering ability, stunting growth, ect. Loosing one calf or one heifer will take away any advantage gained by pushing the rest. I give you this warning from personal experience.

 

[BRAFORDMAN]

My cousin who watches my cattle while I am not at the ranch just called me and said my 2 brahman bulls got out of their pen and are in with my yearling brahman heifers.
He can't get the bulls out until this evening.

Pen was only field wire and a strand of barbed wire. THere was a weak spot in a corner where they got out and it can be fixed better to keep them in.

The heifers are 14-17 months old with one 3 year old and one 18 months old. I do not want them bred as they are to young (I breed at 18 months and up in my brahman cattle).

Brahman are slow maturing(They sually do not cycle until 18 months an older unless they are very well taken care of(I have taken great care of them)), but this group of heifers come from very fertile cows who have been moving up their calving dates since the breeder i got them from has had them. A few i believe have cycled(not sure but some have been ridden by other heifers)
I am not planning to breed the heifers until November.

When should I lute the heifers to abort any that may have been bred?
Thanks,
Justin

Just a warning. You need to make sure that the heifers are capable of calving unassisted. Pushing Brahman heifers can also have other ramifications, like poor milk production, poor mothering ability, stunting growth, ect. Loosing one calf or one heifer will take away any advantage gained by pushing the rest. I give you this warning from personal experience.

I know. As of now they are not large enough to breed. Usually between a year and 2 years of age brahman hit a growth spurt. Mine have not hit theirs yet.

When you mean pushing brahman do you mean waitin gto breed them or feeding them extra feed?