breeding heifers should I ai or use my low birth weight bull

openas_shorthorn · Dec 23, 2014

I have about 100 cows I am keeping about 15 of my best heifers I have aied about 35 to 40 cow in the past would it be better to ai my heifers or just leave them alone do you ever get a good one from calving ease bulls on heifers

BroncoFan · Dec 23, 2014

Sometimes its hard to thread the cervix on a heifer. A healthy and alive calf and a healthy momma is the best you can ask for with bred heifers. As far has having a good one then it depends on the heifer's genetic, how well she milks, the bull's genetics, etc.

diamonddls · Dec 23, 2014

BroncoFan said:
Sometimes its hard to thread the cervix on a heifer. A healthy and alive calf and a healthy momma is the best you can ask for with bred heifers. As far has having a good one then it depends on the heifer's genetic, how well she milks, the bull's genetics, etc.

Agreed. If you have a proven hefiers bull or low bw bull your confident in I would say use what you have. That being said Ai can give you options otherwise not available

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