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<blockquote data-quote="gizmom" data-source="post: 1827495" data-attributes="member: 13402"><p>I think heat and humidity I have talked to some friends that have had issues as well. This summer was brutal, if all the calves had been out of one bull I would have blamed the bull but that wasn't the case. As stated some were out of first calf heifers but just as many out of older proven cows. I went back to check past birth weights on the mature cows and none had ever had itty bitty calves which makes me think the combination of drought and heat was the problem. I am changing my AI breeding to January to try to avoid calving In September. In the past we AI heifers to calve the last week of September with cows starting to calve around the 2nd week of October. This year we had calves dropping in August and early Sept. our farm is about 30 miles from the Gulf of Mexico so needless to say humidity is a big factor.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gizmom, post: 1827495, member: 13402"] I think heat and humidity I have talked to some friends that have had issues as well. This summer was brutal, if all the calves had been out of one bull I would have blamed the bull but that wasn’t the case. As stated some were out of first calf heifers but just as many out of older proven cows. I went back to check past birth weights on the mature cows and none had ever had itty bitty calves which makes me think the combination of drought and heat was the problem. I am changing my AI breeding to January to try to avoid calving In September. In the past we AI heifers to calve the last week of September with cows starting to calve around the 2nd week of October. This year we had calves dropping in August and early Sept. our farm is about 30 miles from the Gulf of Mexico so needless to say humidity is a big factor. [/QUOTE]
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