Dixieangus
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How soon can a cow get bred after she has a calf...
Dixieangus":3aesgong said:How soon can a cow get bred after she has a calf...
I'm going to respectfully disagree with your logic. I recommend putting the bull in when you want to have your first calves. Putting the bull in 50 days after you start calving will get calving started earlier every year. In a northern climate that won't fly. If you run a good program there will be no slipping in the calving dates. In most herds there is a very high percentage of cows calving in the first cycle once the bull is put in. I don't know my percentage for sure but I would say 75% is the minimum on any given year.SRBeef":134htd0h said:If you want a calf every year (365 days) then the cow must be bred by: 365 - 283 gestation = 82 days after calving (max)
If you want to allow two cycles to get bred then 82 - (2 x 21 day cycles) = 40 days.
So by this logic you should put the bull in with the cow about 40 days after calving to insure a calf every year. I put mine in at about 50 days from first herd calf this year
If you don't put the bull in about this time every year your calving date will gradually slip back further and further which is generally not a good thing.
Jim
novaman":s9ngcble said:I'm going to respectfully disagree with your logic. I recommend putting the bull in when you want to have your first calves. Putting the bull in 50 days after you start calving will get calving started earlier every year. In a northern climate that won't fly. If you run a good program there will be no slipping in the calving dates. In most herds there is a very high percentage of cows calving in the first cycle once the bull is put in. I don't know my percentage for sure but I would say 75% is the minimum on any given year.SRBeef":s9ngcble said:If you want a calf every year (365 days) then the cow must be bred by: 365 - 283 gestation = 82 days after calving (max)
If you want to allow two cycles to get bred then 82 - (2 x 21 day cycles) = 40 days.
So by this logic you should put the bull in with the cow about 40 days after calving to insure a calf every year. I put mine in at about 50 days from first herd calf this year
If you don't put the bull in about this time every year your calving date will gradually slip back further and further which is generally not a good thing.
Jim
Dixieangus":oyevkllk said:She isnt a heifer and what do you mean by back end slacking up... And yes it is exciting to see those sighns and think any morning i go to check on her i may winde up checking on two...