youngest heifer to calve??

[HOSS]

I just had one calve at 18 months. Looks like I had a fence jumper somewhere. DNA test on the calf I guess to see if my herd bull jumped the fence. This heifer was checked in October as I was running her through the chutes with the rest and checked open. I was surprised to see her bagging up. She must have gotten bred at 9 months old. She calved on her own and unassisted and so far is being an attentive mother. Got lucky there.

 

[Lucky_P]

Made a farm visit to one of my Jersey dairy clients many years ago... he had several 14 month-old heifers that had calved and were in the milking string; bet the 'cows' didn't weigh 400 lb.

 

[Bigfoot]

14 months here

 

[Dave]

The first year I did the bred heifer deal I bought 5 heifers from a guy. They were March calves. Two of them calved in May. So they would have been 14 month. I told that to the guy I bought them from and he said, "I don't know how that could happen." He had pulled his bull in October.

 

[ram]

I like my heifers to calve before 20 months unassisted. They make the best cows, IMO. For starters their really fertile, and I sell all my calves off heifers at 6 months regardless. And when the heifer has finished growing, most of the time they end up being smaller framed cows. Kind of like Longhorn cattle but with good genetics. I haven't found a down side yet, well besides the cows frame size. Because a big ole cow does look really good in the front pasture.

 

[TennesseeTuxedo]

I just had one calve at 18 months. Looks like I had a fence jumper somewhere. DNA test on the calf I guess to see if my herd bull jumped the fence. This heifer was checked in October as I was running her through the chutes with the rest and checked open. I was surprised to see her bagging up. She must have gotten bred at 9 months old. She calved on her own and unassisted and so far is being an attentive mother. Got lucky there.

I had the same happen in October of 2014 (18 month old momma) and as a bonus she put her second calf on the ground in September of this year.

Talk about a fertile Myrtle. :cboy:

 

[WalnutCrest]

A friend of mine got his third calf (all unassisted) out of a cow by her third birthday...

 

[ram]

A friend of mine got his third calf (all unassisted) out of a cow by her third birthday...

We did that this year. Except the heifer had twins the second time around.

 

[bigbull338]

we had 1 or 2 to calve at 16 months unassisted.

 

[WalnutCrest]

A friend of mine got his third calf (all unassisted) out of a cow by her third birthday...

We did that this year. Except the heifer had twins the second time around.

Congratulations?

 

[Supa Dexta]

Have had a handful @14 mo over the years. Needle them now to avoid it.

Vet said youngest the had ever seen was 12mo. Which is insane when you stop and think about it.

 

[Workinonit Farm]

Had one, quite a few years ago, at 15 months. I didn't know it. She never got big, never bagged up but one day she popped out a calf, unassisted. She did a half-way decent job raising it.

I sold them both.

 

[ez14]

Have had a handful @14 mo over the years. Needle them now to avoid it.

Vet said youngest the had ever seen was 12mo. Which is insane when you stop and think about it.

Breed at 3 months wow :shock:

 

[Muddy]

Had few heifers calved at 14-15 months old and all of them have been sold since they won't get bred on time (tightening up calving season). Lost the last heifer trying to delivering a 110lbs bull calf.

 

[shortybreeder]

Have had a handful @14 mo over the years. Needle them now to avoid it.

Vet said youngest the had ever seen was 12mo. Which is insane when you stop and think about it.

Breed at 3 months wow :shock:

Could have bred at 4 or 5 and been really early.

 

[ez14]

Have had a handful @14 mo over the years. Needle them now to avoid it.

Vet said youngest the had ever seen was 12mo. Which is insane when you stop and think about it.

Breed at 3 months wow :shock:

Could have bred at 4 or 5 and been really early.

I thought of that but thats still surprising

 

[Mat Man]

I had one calve at 16 months unassisted and had twins 11 months after that.

 

[slick4591]

Saw my 8 month old bull calf breed a 13 month old heifer yesterday. My first thought was to hit her with lute in about 15 days. This thread is making me re-think that.

 

[TennesseeTuxedo]

Saw my 8 month old bull calf breed a 13 month old heifer yesterday. My first thought was to hit her with lute in about 15 days. This thread is making me re-think that.

What's her weight? She can probably handle it.

 

[slick4591]

Around 800 at the moment.