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Having too much calving ease?
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<blockquote data-quote="Jeanne - Simme Valley" data-source="post: 1508940" data-attributes="member: 968"><p>If you are using good bulls on your yearlings, why wouldn't the offspring be good. Supposedly you kept good yearlings, out of good cows & good sires. Yes, at weaning the heifers calves MAY be lighter weight than compared to a mature cow, but the calf makes up that weight quickly after weaning. I find my 3 year olds will wean the lightest weight, if any, as a group. </p><p>It is a good practice to wean calves off of the 2-yr olds (and maybe 3 yr olds) a little earlier than off the cows. I don't - simply because management doesn't let me. But, I wean 1st week in September, so my thinner young cows have a chance to put on weight before our harsh winter. And, I winter my 1st calf heifers & 2nd calf hfrs separate from my cows and keep them separate until grass.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jeanne - Simme Valley, post: 1508940, member: 968"] If you are using good bulls on your yearlings, why wouldn't the offspring be good. Supposedly you kept good yearlings, out of good cows & good sires. Yes, at weaning the heifers calves MAY be lighter weight than compared to a mature cow, but the calf makes up that weight quickly after weaning. I find my 3 year olds will wean the lightest weight, if any, as a group. It is a good practice to wean calves off of the 2-yr olds (and maybe 3 yr olds) a little earlier than off the cows. I don't - simply because management doesn't let me. But, I wean 1st week in September, so my thinner young cows have a chance to put on weight before our harsh winter. And, I winter my 1st calf heifers & 2nd calf hfrs separate from my cows and keep them separate until grass. [/QUOTE]
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