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<blockquote data-quote="marksmu" data-source="post: 679729" data-attributes="member: 9219"><p>The bull is in with the cows now....Just turned him in Last Friday, so he is on day 7 today. If he were able to impregnate the cows, we would have young Calves about this time in March, if my math is correct. April May would have been alot better, but I guess Im stuck with what Im stuck with. </p><p></p><p>I guess it will just be very difficult to get calves earlier at this point, and in the future...I agree its just plain waste to keep those cows open until the winter to get back on track, I just really dont want to get rid of the cows that dont get bred at this point just because the vet may be right about the heat, but at the same time I dont want to run two different herds on different birthing schedules.... </p><p></p><p>Nobody has had any real issues with not being able to get pregnant in the hot summer months? I tried to read up on this, and there was some reading about heat causing infertility in cows but the percents that I was reading about were pretty low in the 5-15% ranges, as opposed to what the vet was claiming, 50-60% not getting bred because of the heat. The vet has been doing this locally here for 30+ years, so I am having a hard time just ignoring his advice, but he also says several other things I do not necessarily agree with as well, but thats just from a how to make more money standpoint, not necessarily on the cattles health.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="marksmu, post: 679729, member: 9219"] The bull is in with the cows now....Just turned him in Last Friday, so he is on day 7 today. If he were able to impregnate the cows, we would have young Calves about this time in March, if my math is correct. April May would have been alot better, but I guess Im stuck with what Im stuck with. I guess it will just be very difficult to get calves earlier at this point, and in the future...I agree its just plain waste to keep those cows open until the winter to get back on track, I just really dont want to get rid of the cows that dont get bred at this point just because the vet may be right about the heat, but at the same time I dont want to run two different herds on different birthing schedules.... Nobody has had any real issues with not being able to get pregnant in the hot summer months? I tried to read up on this, and there was some reading about heat causing infertility in cows but the percents that I was reading about were pretty low in the 5-15% ranges, as opposed to what the vet was claiming, 50-60% not getting bred because of the heat. The vet has been doing this locally here for 30+ years, so I am having a hard time just ignoring his advice, but he also says several other things I do not necessarily agree with as well, but thats just from a how to make more money standpoint, not necessarily on the cattles health. [/QUOTE]
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