Late Feb – 1^st week March

• Weaning (pre rut)
• Selenuim, Copper, Iodine administered at this time (property dependant)
• Blood sample MA hinds at this time to monitor for Leptospirosis
• Treat  light hinds
• First calvers should be mated separately
• Hinds should have a condition score of >3 to not impact on cycling dates. Hinds with BCS < 3 should be given a drench

1st week of March

• Stag joining
• Mating mob allocation
• Stags should be observed showing normal rutting behaviour.
• Back-up essential where single-sire used.
• Farmer observation determines action in multi-sire situation

1st week of April

1 cycle before end of mating

Back-up Stag joined or dominant stag removed (multi sire)

Last week of April

7-8 weeks (after 3 oestrus cycles)

Stag out

A judgement call,  based on condition, must be made at this time as to whether the stags need a drench (A must-do for Wapiti sires)

Late May/early Jun

• Scanning
• Copper treatment (property dependent)
• Identify early conception, late, and dry hinds.
• Use dry hinds to test for copper & selenium status at the works

Aug/Sep onwards

• separate  management of  early and late calving mobs
• Feed management

Calving date can be  brought forward by  feeding hinds well to Improving their condition

Sep/Oct

3 weeks pre-calving

• Scan or udder test
• Put into calving mobs
• If you have concerns about foetal loss, do a second scan or udder test pre set-stocking
• Mobbing at this time allows social hierarchy 'establishment before calving'

Oct/Nov

Set Stocking

• First  calvers need to be mobbed separately
• Later calving mob can be set stocked 1 month later

Dec/Jan

fawns > 2 weeks old

Rotation

• Aim to optimise feed quality
• Start once calves at least 2 weeks old
• Rotate early calving mobs from mid-December

Late Jan/ early Feb

• Drench and NAIT tag calves
• Feed Management
• If there is a parasite problem this is the earliest date to think about drenching especially for lungworm
• Avoid using pour-ons: use a combination Mectin (ML) & White (BZ) component
• Aim to optimise feed quality for hinds and calves

Mar

First calved mob of 3 month old weaners

• Vaccinate

• Yersinia 0 2 shots (4 -6 weeks apart)
• Lepto ac (property dependent)

Apr

Late born calves