Heifer Development
. . . ou
r u
ni
q
u
e
h
e
i
f
e
r de
v
e
lop
m
e
nt be
g
i
ns
by
w
e
ani
ng
ou
r h
e
i
f
e
rs
a li
ttle
e
arly,
abou
t a m
onth
e
arli
e
r th
an ou
r bu
lls
.
We
f
e
e
l th
at le
av
i
ng
f
all born h
e
i
f
e
r calv
e
s
on th
e
i
r dam
s
too late
i
nto
th
e
s
p
ri
ng
re
s
u
lts
i
n e
xce
s
s
i
v
e
f
at bu
i
ldu
p
i
n th
os
e
h
e
i
f
e
r calv
e
s
th
at
i
s
j
u
s
t not g
ood. Th
e
lu
s
h
s
p
ri
ng
g
ras
s
i
ncre
as
e
s
th
e
m
i
lk
p
rodu
cti
on
i
n th
e
dam
s
and w
e
j
u
s
t do not f
e
e
l th
e
h
e
i
f
e
r calv
e
s
ne
e
d th
at e
xtra
milk at that age in their life, so we wean heifer calves the first week in
Ap
ri
l. Af
te
r w
e
ani
ng
ou
r h
e
i
f
e
rs
g
o ri
g
h
t back
ou
t i
nto p
as
tu
re
s
th
at are
a m
i
xtu
re
of
Fe
s
cu
e
and com
m
on s
u
m
m
e
r p
e
re
nni
als
li
k
e
Be
rm
u
da and
crabg
ras
s
,
p
re
tty typ
i
cal of
th
e
s
am
e
g
ras
s
e
s
u
s
e
d by ou
r cu
s
tom
e
rs
.
Th
e
h
e
i
f
e
rs
h
av
e
Gi
bbs
Farm
s
Su
m
m
e
r Mi
ne
ral R800 and BC Calv
i
ng
&
Re
bre
e
di
ng
MFP tu
bs
m
ade
av
ai
lable
f
re
e
ch
oi
ce
,
both
p
rodu
cts
m
ade
and di
s
tri
bu
te
d by Ri
dle
y Block
and are
av
ai
lable
to anyone
. Each
of
ou
r 12 h
e
i
f
e
r de
v
e
lop
m
e
nt p
as
tu
re
s
h
as
a f
e
nce
li
ne
bu
nk
and w
e
try
to de
li
v
e
r a li
ttle
h
e
i
f
e
r de
v
e
lop
m
e
nt rati
on to th
e
m
3-5 days
a w
e
e
k
to
trai
n th
e
m
to com
e
to u
s
and m
ak
e
s
i
t e
as
i
e
r to ch
e
ck
th
e
m
. Ou
r h
e
i
f
e
r
de
v
e
lop
m
e
nt rati
on i
s
p
ri
m
ari
ly g
rou
nd h
ay and s
oyh
u
ll p
e
lle
ts
along
w
i
th
s
om
e
p
e
anu
t h
u
ll p
e
lle
ts
and e
xtru
de
d cottons
e
e
d m
e
al to balance
th
e
p
rote
i
n ne
e
ds
. Ou
r h
e
i
f
e
rs
are
s
u
p
p
le
m
e
nte
d e
nou
g
h
f
or ade
q
u
ate
g
row
th
and re
p
rodu
cti
v
e
de
v
e
lop
m
e
nt,
bu
t not f
e
d i
n a w
ay to p
rodu
ce
f
at h
e
i
f
e
rs
,
s
o don
t be
e
xp
e
cti
ng
ou
r h
e
i
f
e
rs
to be
f
at. We
w
ant th
e
m
to
de
v
e
lop
p
rop
e
rly,
bre
e
d e
arly,
calv
e
and re
bre
e
d as
tw
o ye
ar olds
,
and
m
ak
e
h
i
g
h
ly p
rodu
cti
v
e
cow
s
th
at w
i
ll las
t f
or m
any ye
ars
.
Reproductive Health
. . . all s
ale
h
e
i
f
e
rs
h
av
e
be
e
n adm
i
ni
s
te
re
d th
e
s
am
e
ri
g
orou
s
v
acci
nati
on p
rotocol as
ou
r Gi
bbs
Farm
s
re
p
lace
m
e
nt
f
e
m
ale
s
,
all ou
r de
v
e
lop
m
e
nt h
e
i
f
e
rs
are
tre
ate
d th
e
s
am
e
and re
m
ai
n
i
n th
e
s
am
e
p
as
tu
re
g
rou
p
s
f
rom
w
e
ani
ng
th
rou
g
h
ye
arli
ng
data col-
le
cti
on. Th
e
p
rotocol i
nclu
de
s
th
e
be
s
t v
acci
nati
ons
on th
e
m
ark
e
t,
to
th
e
be
s
t of
ou
r and ou
r v
e
te
ri
nari
an
s
k
now
le
dg
e
and i
nclu
de
s
BV
D-PI
te
s
ti
ng
as
w
e
ll as
calf
h
ood v
acci
nati
on f
or Bru
ce
llos
i
s
. Ou
r s
ale
h
e
i
f
e
rs
s
h
ou
ld m
e
e
t e
ntry re
q
u
i
re
m
e
nts
of
any s
tate
and s
h
ou
ld be
re
ady f
or
you
r bre
e
di
ng
p
rog
ram
.
Performance Data
. . . com
p
le
te
bi
rth
to ye
arli
ng
data i
nclu
di
ng
carcas
s
u
ltras
ou
nd s
can i
s
colle
cte
d e
ach
ye
ar on all ou
r h
e
i
f
e
rs
,
e
xactly th
e
s
am
e
as
w
i
th
ou
r bu
lls
. Colle
cti
on of
com
p
le
te
data on all bu
lls
and h
e
i
f
-
e
rs
annu
ally,
along
w
i
th
carcas
s
data on ou
r s
te
e
rs
h
as
be
e
n p
roce
s
s
e
d
by th
e
Am
e
ri
can Si
m
m
e
ntal As
s
oci
ati
on f
or de
cade
s
on all Gi
bbs
Farm
s
animals. The EPD’s, Profit Index Values, and Percentile Ranks in the
s
ale
catalog
w
e
re
dow
nloade
d di
re
ctly f
rom
th
e
Am
e
ri
can Si
m
m
e
ntal
As
s
oci
ati
on af
te
r all data h
ad be
e
n p
roce
s
s
e
d. Th
e
y i
nclu
de
all i
ndi
v
i
d-
u
al ani
m
al data and w
e
re
th
e
m
os
t re
ce
nt EPD
s
as
of
th
e
p
ri
nti
ng
date
of
ou
r s
ale
catalog
.
Proper Selection of Replacement Females
. . . th
i
s
i
s
actu
ally e
as
y,
use the data provided. As stated above, the EPD’s and Profit Index
V
alu
e
s
i
n th
e
catalog
re
p
re
s
e
nt all of
th
e
p
h
e
notyp
e
data th
at h
as
be
e
n
turned in, all of the pedigree influence, along with all of the many gener-
ati
ons
of
p
h
e
notyp
e
data re
cords
du
ri
ng
th
os
e
g
e
ne
rati
ons
. Atte
m
p
ti
ng
to u
s
e
i
ndi
v
i
du
al w
e
i
g
h
ts
and e
v
e
n w
e
i
g
h
t rati
os
can be
v
e
ry m
i
s
le
adi
ng
be
cau
s
e
you
don
t h
av
e
th
e
k
now
le
dg
e
of
w
h
at ani
m
als
w
e
re
i
n th
e
v
ar-
i
ou
s
conte
m
p
orary g
rou
p
s
and h
ow
to com
p
are
th
e
m
,
bu
t th
e
g
e
ne
ti
c
evaluation does. Use the EPD’s and Profit Index Values if you want to
m
ak
e
g
ood de
ci
s
i
ons
and tru
ly m
ak
e
g
e
ne
ti
c p
rog
re
s
s
.
Replacement Females
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