Battleriver
Active member
Just thought I woulkd post my numbers to see where I sit with the rest of you as i have been done calving for 5 weeks and everything appears that it will live.
Exposed 20 heifers
1 aborted in January, she now resides in freezer
1 calved early on -34 day frozen calf culled.
Rest calved within 42 days
52 cows exposed to bulls
1 died hardware
1 died laying in sinkhole
4 opens sold
1 may calver sold as a bred
3 early calvers sold as breds in December
Rest all calved in 42 days and had live calves
So 71 exposed to bulls 4 sold as breds so 67 exposed to calve at home with 59 live calves
88% of cows exposed last summer had live calves this spring within 42 days of exposure.
I'm pretty happy with this, what is your benchmark comparasin?
Exposed 20 heifers
1 aborted in January, she now resides in freezer

1 calved early on -34 day frozen calf culled.
Rest calved within 42 days
52 cows exposed to bulls
1 died hardware
1 died laying in sinkhole
4 opens sold
1 may calver sold as a bred
3 early calvers sold as breds in December
Rest all calved in 42 days and had live calves
So 71 exposed to bulls 4 sold as breds so 67 exposed to calve at home with 59 live calves
88% of cows exposed last summer had live calves this spring within 42 days of exposure.
I'm pretty happy with this, what is your benchmark comparasin?