How to stop a heifer from cycling

[lebf]

We are going to a show in a couple of weeks and one of our heifers should be comming back in heat during that time. Is there anything that i can give here to stop her from coming in?

 

[ROMAX]

I've used ESTRUMATE to put them in heat before the show.

 

[I-69cc]

Do a cider cycle

 

[hamburgman]

MGA

 

[blinggirl]

i woulda  say insert cidr wont hurt her and just put it in a few days before her heat cycle

 

[leanbeef]

Any of these can work. You can short cycle her with a shot of prostaglandin (Lutalyse or Estrumate), but that only works if she's between like Day 6 and Day 16 or so of her cycle. MGA is a feed additive used in feedlots to keep heifers from cycling, and I think I've read about it for synchronizing heifers, but I'm not sure about that. I'm not aware of any negative side affects, but I've never used it. A CIDR would also work...basically anything you might use to synchronize a group of cattle could be used to manipulate one's cycle.