Cowpuncher
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We just finished preg checking our cows. We had about 55 open out of 750 checked. Some of the opens were broken mouth cows kept over from prior years. We had 5 open heifers out of 90 head.
Hard to understand - our neighbors did much worse. The had about 33% open on heifers like ours. Another neighbor had over 100 open out of 375 cows.
One neighbor explains his poor showing to less than good water. Said they had 3800 mg/l of sulfates and the recommended maximum is 700. We border them, but pump our water several miles from a creek. Their well is about where our pipeline ends.
The other suspects that feeding Loomix to his cattle in the winter caused some of his bulls to be shooting blanks. Never heard of this before, but some others seem to agree.
We know that part of our problem is that we have some Limousin cross cows in the herd. They are not very fertile and don't want to have a calf every year. We use Limousin bulls, but don't keep heifers as they seem to be a terminal cross. Also, if you run Limousin cows, you have to get faster horses.
Grass was good this spring and summer, can't blame that.
Appreciate and comments you might have.
Hard to understand - our neighbors did much worse. The had about 33% open on heifers like ours. Another neighbor had over 100 open out of 375 cows.
One neighbor explains his poor showing to less than good water. Said they had 3800 mg/l of sulfates and the recommended maximum is 700. We border them, but pump our water several miles from a creek. Their well is about where our pipeline ends.
The other suspects that feeding Loomix to his cattle in the winter caused some of his bulls to be shooting blanks. Never heard of this before, but some others seem to agree.
We know that part of our problem is that we have some Limousin cross cows in the herd. They are not very fertile and don't want to have a calf every year. We use Limousin bulls, but don't keep heifers as they seem to be a terminal cross. Also, if you run Limousin cows, you have to get faster horses.
Grass was good this spring and summer, can't blame that.
Appreciate and comments you might have.