Gestation in shorthorn cattle

What's the average gestation in shorthorn cattle?

mollymoo5 said:

What's the average gestation in shorthorn cattle?

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We've always used 9 months 10 days as a general rule of thumb. Seems to be pretty well right on although it will vary from one bull to another.

283 days

It will very cow to cow but our shorthorn adult cows tend to calve between 290 to 295 days and we have even had a few go as long as 298 days. Our shorthorn heifers typically go 285 to 290 days.  This is much different than our angus cattle that usually go from 275 to 285 days.

Thanks, dhs