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Calving heifers at 24 mts

  • 20-05-2017 9:14pm
    #1
    High bike
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    Have a few limo heifers that I'm going to ai next month.Theyr good size prob around the 400 kg mark.Am wondering what's the highest calving difficultybull I could chance,have my eye on a Sim that's 3.3% do ye think that's too much or would I be safer with AA or Saler???


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  • #2
    Hard Knocks
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    High bike wrote: »
    Have a few limo heifers that I'm going to ai next month.Theyr good size prob around the 400 kg mark.Am wondering what's the highest calving difficultybull I could chance,have my eye on a Sim that's 3.3% do ye think that's too much or would I be safer with AA or Saler???
    Have used 5% with no bother.
    Allot of the difficulty comes from bull, dam herself, feeding of incalf heifer in last trimester & gestation length.
    I've used LM4007 on heifers Calving late 17 / early 18 at 24 months


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    tanko
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    I've used the Saler bulls Rio, Valliant and Highfield Odran on heifers calving at 26 months and 32 months for the last couple of years. They're a dream at calving on lim heifers that would be in good condition. It'll be Salers or an odd AA on all heifers here from now on. I think is better to play it safe on heifers especially calving at around 2 yr old.
    What Sim bull are you looking at?


  • #4
    Who2
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    5 or 6% is what I like but wouldn't be scared of a bit extra with the right heifer.


  • #5
    Mac Taylor
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    High bike wrote: »
    Have a few limo heifers that I'm going to ai next month.Theyr good size prob around the 400 kg mark.Am wondering what's the highest calving difficultybull I could chance,have my eye on a Sim that's 3.3% do ye think that's too much or would I be safer with AA or Saler???

    Biased here but wouldn't use Angus or salers on Limousin. Plenty options within the lim breed. Really depends on the heifers, are they very musely? Feeding is also key. Just my tuppance worth. Lookup zag very small calves at birth and something to sell at the end.


  • #6
    Mac Taylor
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    The joys of breeding, just reading the above comments and all valid:D


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  • #7
    High bike
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    tanko wrote: »
    I've used the Saler bulls Rio, Valliant and Highfield Odran on heifers calving at 26 months and 32 months for the last couple of years. They're a dream at calving on lim heifers that would be in good condition. It'll be Salers or an odd AA on all heifers here from now on. I think is better to play it safe on heifers especially calving at around 2 yr old.
    What Sim bull are you looking at?
    yeah used Rio this year myself on Sim heifers all calved unassisted at 24 mts and my ai man still has a few straws off him.Lisnacrann Fifty Cent is the bull I'm looking at in Munster AI


  • #8
    High bike
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    Mac Taylor wrote: »
    Biased here but wouldn't use Angus or salers on Limousin. Plenty options within the lim breed. Really depends on the heifers, are they very musely? Feeding is also key. Just my tuppance worth. Lookup zag very small calves at birth and something to sell at the end.
    Heifers not very muscly but good size to them.have a 2nd calver 10 days overdue to Zag so hope ur right bout the small calves:D


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