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ok so this has always puzzled me.. exactly how long after a cow has her calf can she get bred again?? I know it's a silly question but still.

Really its a cow to cow basis. Some cows are really fertile and will stick first time they cycle back. I like to see a cow cycle once and then breed her on her 2nd cycle. Depending on how early that first cycle is, we usually back them up a few weeks or keep them around the same time. This is a case when we are highly satisfied when she is calving. When backing a cow up, I have gave them lut at 20 days and whenever they cycle we double straw (8 hours and 12 hours) and we have had a really good catching rate. But on cows we are pleased with when they are calving, we have a 20-25% higher conception rate waiting to that second cycle. (This is just what we have seen in our cows, a lot of herds are different thats why it is a case by case).

Also, We calve our heifers at 23-25 months

okay sounds good

The best is to use a gestation table, figure when you would like he/them to calve and then look at the respective breeding date.  I always start a month early because you can't just chose when they come into heat an you can take note of her cycles ahead of time.   You could also implant a CIDR� to bring her/them in at a certain time.  Below is a like to a gestation table.

http://www.bovine-elite.com/gest.asp

Quote from: Carlson Cattle on March 17, 2013, 05:35:16 PM

will breeding her too early not let her stick?

How old are you?  If I knew, I might be able to understand why you can't pay attention to what others have to say.

It's no use.....we already tried. Still taking no suggestions or spelling hints. And still hijacks every thread.

Quote from: Carlson Cattle on March 17, 2013, 06:03:42 PM

mine is an early april. when should i breed her

U need to decide when u want her to calve... Personally, I don't do summer calves, and I consider April summer when it comes to calving seasons. If she's big enough and she's cycling, there's not reason you can't breed her earlier if you'd rather have her calve earlier in the spring.

Carlson - lean beef is not saying go breed your April heifer tomorrow, don't make that molehill into a mountain as your que to go breed her tonight for a December calf

Quote from: AAOK on March 17, 2013, 09:25:12 PM

Quote from: Carlson Cattle on March 17, 2013, 05:35:16 PM

will breeding her too early not let her stick?

How old are you?  If I knew, I might be able to understand why you can't pay attention to what others have to say.

It's no use.....we already tried. Still taking no suggestions or spelling hints. And still hijacks every thread.

you hit the nail square on the head with that

i have used a cidr before and it hasent worked

then you did something wrong

Quote from: Carlson Cattle on March 17, 2013, 05:35:16 PM

will breeding her too early not let her stick?

How old are you?  If I knew, I might be able to understand why you can't pay attention to what others have to say.

I believe he said on another post that he was 14. He doesn't read through all responses. He wants to learn but needs to slow the hamster down and pay attention to what people tell him.

My AI man will not AI past the end of June. He says that conception rates go down. This is coming from someone that does a few thousand head a year so he knows what he is doing. CIDRs do work but if the cow was in the first few days or almost ready to come into heat they will not work.

Quote from: AAOK on March 17, 2013, 09:25:12 PM

Quote from: Carlson Cattle on March 17, 2013, 05:35:16 PM

will breeding her too early not let her stick?

How old are you?  If I knew, I might be able to understand why you can't pay attention to what others have to say.

I believe he said on another post that he was 14. He doesn't read through all responses. He wants to learn but needs to slow the hamster down and pay attention to what people tell him.

My AI man will not AI past the end of June. He says that conception rates go down. This is coming from someone that does a few thousand head a year so he knows what he is doing. CIDRs do work but if the cow was in the first few days or almost ready to come into heat they will not work.

thank you