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Young Heifers calving - what would you do
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<blockquote data-quote="f4leggin" data-source="post: 581568" data-attributes="member: 5863"><p>I have a group (5) of 17-18 month old heifers penned, one is obviously going to calve soon - she's bagged up - none of the others have any sign of a bag. I took the bull out in late January this year. It seems like if they are going to calve, it would be before the end of October. I'm going to keep the bagged up one penned, would you release the others, and watch for signs of bagging up, or keep them all penned for the next month. The pasture they would be released to is about 80 acres. The draw back of having them penned is they don't have shelter from the rain/snow. From a feed stantpoint, it doesn't matter, I don't have much grass left anyway. If I release them and a heifer has a problem calving, and I don't notice her and pen her ahead of time, we are SOL. A few of them look possibly pregnant, and a few don't look pregnant at all. My inclination is to keep them all penned. </p><p></p><p>The second question: is 18 months old too young to plan to calve? It seems to me it is. Which means I need to come up with a plan for seperating the bull from this years heifer calves until next spring. Last year's bull was a lease so I just sent him home, but we bought a bull this year. Would it be practical to just put him in a pen where he is seperated, but close to the herd - or will he break down the pen to get to them? I know that answer can vary depending on him - but what would the "average" bull do? </p><p></p><p>Thanks - Jill</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="f4leggin, post: 581568, member: 5863"] I have a group (5) of 17-18 month old heifers penned, one is obviously going to calve soon - she's bagged up - none of the others have any sign of a bag. I took the bull out in late January this year. It seems like if they are going to calve, it would be before the end of October. I'm going to keep the bagged up one penned, would you release the others, and watch for signs of bagging up, or keep them all penned for the next month. The pasture they would be released to is about 80 acres. The draw back of having them penned is they don't have shelter from the rain/snow. From a feed stantpoint, it doesn't matter, I don't have much grass left anyway. If I release them and a heifer has a problem calving, and I don't notice her and pen her ahead of time, we are SOL. A few of them look possibly pregnant, and a few don't look pregnant at all. My inclination is to keep them all penned. The second question: is 18 months old too young to plan to calve? It seems to me it is. Which means I need to come up with a plan for seperating the bull from this years heifer calves until next spring. Last year's bull was a lease so I just sent him home, but we bought a bull this year. Would it be practical to just put him in a pen where he is seperated, but close to the herd - or will he break down the pen to get to them? I know that answer can vary depending on him - but what would the "average" bull do? Thanks - Jill [/QUOTE]
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