Breeding .??

Corriedalesrock · Mar 17, 2013

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.

Limiman12 · Mar 17, 2013

When ever she cycles back..... We had a heifer breed back at 27 days last year..... 45-60 days are much more common

Corriedalesrock · Mar 17, 2013

Oh ok thanks! Then most of my girls are ready to be bred back!! <rock>

Limiman12 · Mar 17, 2013

Matters more when you want the calves born....

Bradenh · Mar 17, 2013

We wait about 3 months so then she usually calves on the same month every year. Like breeding her in January, calve In October, then breed back on January

Carlson Cattle · Mar 17, 2013

i have bred my heifers at about a year and a mounth and they have not stuck. am i breeding to early?

Limiman12 · Mar 17, 2013

YEs probably.... Breeding at around fifteen months is best. We want our heifers to calve around 23-24 months most of the time. Exceptions might take it to 22 like we had to do this year on a few. Your clubby stuff is probably more likely to be slow to mature then most commercial heifers

Carlson Cattle · Mar 17, 2013

will breeding her too early not let her stick?

cowman 52 · Mar 17, 2013

If she ain't cycling, she ain't gonna get bred.

leanbeef · Mar 17, 2013

If a heifer is cycling, then she's sexually mature enough to get bred, technically speaking. She's probably more likely to conceive if it is not the first time she's cycled... PROBABLY. Depending on their size & when you want them to calve, I agree with Limiman...we try to breed em at 13-15 months...I like em to calve by the time they're two. A heifer should be approximately 60% of her mature size at breeding time, and remember they're still growing at two...they should be separated from the cow herd before calving and receive a little extra TLC through breeding as two-year-olds.

Bradenh · Mar 17, 2013

The meaning of "breeding her too early" hints she's probably not going up stick, 13 months is too early to breed one confidently -

Carlson Cattle said:
will breeding her too early not let her stick?

you've hijacked another topic

Corriedalesrock · Mar 17, 2013

we will breed ours in about a month or 2.. also we wait 15-16 months before breeding them the first time to ensure that they are bred.

Carlson Cattle · Mar 17, 2013

mine is an early april. when should i breed her

Bradenh · Mar 17, 2013

The heifer in my avatar is an April and we are breeding her in mid July

Corriedalesrock · Mar 17, 2013

Yes, breed her in July or August!

sizzler14 · Mar 17, 2013

Corriedalesrock said:
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

leanbeef · Mar 17, 2013

Carlson Cattle said:
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 no reason you can't breed her earlier if you'd rather have her calve earlier in the spring.

Carlson Cattle · Mar 17, 2013

okay sounds good

AAOK · Mar 17, 2013

Carlson Cattle said:
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.

Cattle Cards · Mar 17, 2013

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

Breeding .??

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