When's calving starting 2022

I’d use a Saler, great comfort at calving time with them, most people would use a Lim i suppose. Which company is your Ai tech with?

I’ve never dealt with them, best talk to your technician.

I would have thought she was wide enough at the hips. She was very tall and long for a 2 year old simx heifer. She was off QCD herself who wouldn't have the same tight hips as apostle daughters, he was very bad for it from what I see on ICBF. Crazy to think how much he was being pushed by Progressive when he first came on the scene and plenty fellas got stung when his daughters were calving.

Last year bought two. Used one for a calf born middle night that needed warming up the following morning. Kept the Jacket on her indoors for a week. Jackets at 80 cms way too big. Might buy a smaller one, just in case, for this year.

Have tried both calving at ~24months age and at 30+months. Sticking to the older age now. Some of those, which calved at 2 years age, never grew bigger than what they were at the calving. Some got bigger, but none really grew as big as older calving heifers. Have two daughters from the same dam and sire. One calved at 25 months age, another at 33 months or so. Both had similar size at the same age, but their size at the calving and especially now, is completely different. One is almost the smallest cow, another is a little bit bigger than average. All were pretty good at getting incalf, but younger calvers usually took a little bit longer to settle. However, what I like the most about calving heifers older is that they are more mature at that time and I need to worry less about the bulls I use on them. Mainly use limousine, have one incalf to charolaise this year, sometimes use parthenaise or blonde. Rarely have to assist and older ones handle bigger calves way better.

Handiest calf this year just born. A good size ch heifer of a pb lm cow born onto the slats. I just switched on the cameras and there she was . If they all came that handy I’d be happy.

Put a few on DD earlier, phone was off the hook. Wish I had 100 of them, lovely looking calf

I have some milk replacer here from last year. I'll give her 2 lts of that later. I was walking by the shed a while ago and the calf was up standing on her own so that's a good sign. She's a huge calf and considering what's she's been tru she might just pull tru.

I had to google cmr by the way.😀

Ya, well this morning I left her till late hoping she would be hungry. I had cow in caving gate and calf thrown across small bale of hay. Had teat in her mouth and milk it and all, but no way she should suck.

You should be able to get a injection from the vet that will kick start the calf sucking. Mix of vitamins/selenium I think it is. Used it last weekend for similar issue to good sucess

Yes, was sceptical at first also