wrc
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I have a problem that we have been having for years and I'm hoping someone on here has a good solution. Every year we keep a few replacement heifers and breed them to calve somewhere around thier second birthday. When these first calf heifers calve its seems that inevitably some of these heifers will not start cycling in time to get them bred back and calving with the rest of the herd. I have tried breeding them so they calve earlier than the rest of the herd, giving them more time to get cycling before breeding time, but that doesn't seem to help much. These heifers are kept in good body condition with free choice mineral, but they are running with the rest of the cattle and don't get anything extra. One thing that I have done in the past that works sometimes is to use a CYDR protocal and at the end pull their calves off for 24 hrs. It doesn't work everytime but we have had some success. Is there a better way that you have used with success? Thanks in advance for any replies. <cowboy>