Teenage mum.

[unlacedgecko]

That's a good question, but I don't know

Be interesting to try. I wonder what the potential increase in profit would be?

 

[Philip Watkins]

You'd have to be very careful about bull selection, wouldn't be wanting big calves out of underage mums

 

[Lovegoodstock]

Pros and cons, I bought a dozen useful heifers with top notch calves, calved at 24 months last autumn, fed a decent ration, had milk galore on grass, but didn't milk as well as my cows through winter, but is it their genes, breed, weight,,, all very well calving 12 or 18 months sooner, obvious massive saving, say of 700 quid. But a calf at 14 months weighing 180 kilo lighter @2.50 a kilo for a store is 450 in one year, original post heifer excelled herself in conceiving so soon, but doubt if you had a herd calving so young the calving interval would be so tight? Be a massive undertaking doing a project to find out, but if a suckler lives to 13 years before being killed that's equivalent of a 78 year old human? So 1 year to 6, so equivalent of a child giving birth at 7 and a half years old? Accidents happen but don't think right to encourage? Juramate all females a couple of weeks post weaning surely a better job and not that expensive

 

[muleman]

Reckon I could send them a pic - should be able to catch her sucking and be able to see heifer's tag
What a nonsense to have to send them a copy of your records - like that proves anything different to what you've tried to do on cts online.

I was watching a breeding sale and a heifer was given out as 5 months in calf with a 3 month old calf at foot,remarkable what nature can do sometimes!

 

[Lovegoodstock]

Bought a cow and calf last nov, weaned about dec maybe early jan, calved mid may and registered it but flashed up on my computer as early birth, looked at date of birth and my cow calved at 7 months after last birth, bloody big calf at 2 months premature, if she took the bull the day she calved. Not had a enquiry from bcms, but presume it would fall on me to answer questions as have last years animal and this years calf so have chance to provide dna. But more hassle if they had, and guilty until proved innocent. Although wouldn't mind it to stop people messing about, don't mind an odd day or week when busy, but months is pointless and daft

 

[multi power]

Bought a cow and calf last nov, weaned about dec maybe early jan, calved mid may and registered it but flashed up on my computer as early birth, looked at date of birth and my cow calved at 7 months after last birth, bloody big calf at 2 months premature, if she took the bull the day she calved. Not had a enquiry from bcms, but presume it would fall on me to answer questions as have last years animal and this years calf so have chance to provide dna. But more hassle if they had, and guilty until proved innocent. Although wouldn't mind it to stop people messing about, don't mind an odd day or week when busy, but months is pointless and daft

Was it a bull calve? If so then it could make you rich, be ideal for block calvers to tighten up the block