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| A Full Moon Plus... |
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| The Duty of Calving Out 300 Synchronized Bred 1st Calf Heifers... |
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| For The Weak... |
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| Witnessing the Beauty of Birth...PRICELESS So to clarify some things if you're new to bovine births. Synchronizing heifers, in our case, means bringing their heat cycles closer together through a fairly complicated process and then artificially inseminating the animal. What it all boils down to: approximately 300 first calf heifers start having their calves within a 10 day period. This gets pretty intense as you can have several heifers calving at the same time. It is important to use bulls with low birth weights on first calf heifers. EPD's or Expected Progeny Differences allow producers to pick sires that fit their programs. In most cases if a low birth weight bull is used, the heifer will not need assistance in calving, however; there are always a few that need help. This certain night we were up until 2:00 a.m. delivering. |
