Bulling period.

[unlacedgecko]

Will you give your bull an extra week this time?

Nope.

Herd cows get 3 weeks 3x black Angus then 3 weeks 2x red Angus and 1x black Angus.

Heifers get 3 weeks AI then 3 weeks 2x black Angus.

 

[AftonShepherd]

9 weeks here, swap bulls after 6.

3 empty out of 73 (1 a heifer not right inside), only 6 in last 3 weeks if scanner right.

 

[livestock 1]

I quite like calving all year round. If the Mrs asks me to do something or any relatives are approaching I can always say I have a cow calving and do one.

 

[unlacedgecko]

I quite like calving all year round. If the Mrs asks me to do something or any relatives are approaching I can always say I have a cow calving and do one.

I just say no

 

[livestock 1]

I just say no

Hope you give the poor lass the option for more than six weeks!!!

 

[unlacedgecko]

Hope you give the poor lass the option for more than six weeks!!!

Well I'm not aiming to breed her, just practicing

 

[M-J-G]

9 weeks here and I wouldn't want to be any longer, but shorter will be highly likely the give a reasonable number of extra empty cows going by various suggestions of fertity rates.

 

[M-J-G]

I quite like calving all year round. If the Mrs asks me to do something or any relatives are approaching I can always say I have a cow calving and do one.

I take it your Mrs isn't involved in the farm then?

 

[livestock 1]

I take it your Mrs isn't involved in the farm then?

Yes she is.

 

[livestock 1]

I don’t really get why people would want cows calving at one time of the year. I accept it’s not for everyone to always be calving but doesn’t bother me. A few other folks I know who calve all year round say the same. It usually means regular sales of cattle too

 

[unlacedgecko]

I don’t really get why people would want cows calving at one time of the year. I accept it’s not for everyone to always be calving but doesn’t bother me. A few other folks I know who calve all year round say the same. It usually means regular sales of cattle too

I'm very lazy

 

[Happy]

Spring calvers bulls in for 12 weeks. Not sure why, just they way we do it and seems to work. Scanned last week. All 11 heifers & 59 of 60 cows in calf but usually do have 4 or 5 stragglers in those last 2-3 weeks.

Have autumn calvers too but bulls never come out from them until turnout. No bull pens!!
Still waiting on 3 of them from 50 to calve. Last one usually before Christmas.

 

[Jonp]

Small spring calving herd 6 weeks with a proven bull. If they don't catch after 2 cycles there's a fertility issue surely?

 

[Whitepeak]

Bull was out 14 wks with the main group here this year, actively trying to reduce it. Historically been a very spread calving, had atleast one cow calve every month a couple of yrs ago!
Heifer group is about 4-5wks ai (1 or 2 services) then aim 6wks sweeper bull. Although that is longer this Yr due to running Mrs Whitepeaks longhorn cow with them who calved late

 

[M-J-G]

I don’t really get why people would want cows calving at one time of the year. I accept it’s not for everyone to always be calving but doesn’t bother me. A few other folks I know who calve all year round say the same. It usually means regular sales of cattle too

What don't you get about it?

 

[muleman]

What i dont get is when a cow loses a calf folk say it has to be culled cos you cant carry passengers so they buy a bulling heifer to replace it which is a passenger till it calves.
Might as well put the original back to the bull unless it is faulty.

 

[Anymulewilldo]

52 weeks

Ditto as long as the individual cow doesn’t slip outside of 12 months she’s good to go

 

[willie waver]

40 weeks, they stay with the cows up till the next calvings start

 

[M-J-G]

What i dont get is when a cow loses a calf folk say it has to be culled cos you cant carry passengers so they buy a bulling heifer to replace it which is a passenger till it calves.
Might as well put the original back to the bull unless it is faulty.

For me it would depend on why she lost the calf and what age she is, if a cow is in the latter half of her career, it's sometimes better just to let her go rather than keeping her for a free year just to have a couple more calves, I've found that weaning weight starts to reduce once a cow gets to around 10yo

If you calve tight there's a good chance there will be a calf for her.
If a good young cow loses a calf and there isn't a twin for her I'll sometimes lift a calf off a cow that's going to be culled in the autumn, that way it saves keeping a cull cow for an extra 6+ months.
But again that's more likely to coincide if you calve fairly tight.

 

[tinsheet]

6 weeks, 2 cycles is plenty.
Only keep replacements from cows that calve in the first cycle, always looking at says to improve fertility.
85 called last spring, 64 in the first cycle! Getting there!!
They don't get a second chance here, plenty of heifer replacements in the pipeline