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Would you condider this bull good for heiffers?
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<blockquote data-quote="cypressfarms" data-source="post: 897854" data-attributes="member: 2653"><p>We'll have to agree to disagree......I never like first time heifers calving fat. Too much risk for problems. a 7-8 BCS is asking for problems, in my opinion. What's the harm in having them calve at 5 BCS, and not risking the potential loss of a calf or moma? Again, I'll respectfully have to disagree with you. I watched a man one year who had bought a truckload of bred Angus based commercial heifers. He let them graze very lush ryegrass pastures for a few months before they calved, and the result was a train wreck. He lost over a third of the calves, and about 10% of the momas. They were bred to a low birthweight Angus bull also - not like they were bred to a pallet headed Charolais...</p><p></p><p>JMHO....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cypressfarms, post: 897854, member: 2653"] We'll have to agree to disagree......I never like first time heifers calving fat. Too much risk for problems. a 7-8 BCS is asking for problems, in my opinion. What's the harm in having them calve at 5 BCS, and not risking the potential loss of a calf or moma? Again, I'll respectfully have to disagree with you. I watched a man one year who had bought a truckload of bred Angus based commercial heifers. He let them graze very lush ryegrass pastures for a few months before they calved, and the result was a train wreck. He lost over a third of the calves, and about 10% of the momas. They were bred to a low birthweight Angus bull also - not like they were bred to a pallet headed Charolais... JMHO.... [/QUOTE]
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