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I often find myself with the urge to nurse. :oops: :P

She was loaded in the truck and headed for slaughter when I saw her one night parked in front of this guy's meat market. It was dark out but I still liked her looks...big and square....perfect for crossing with my Charolais bulls. And I swore I could see a calf kicking away as she stood there...

Indeed. Which is why I wanted a different thread. The low birth weight animal I mentioned in the other thread was an anomoly. I do have a few cows though that consistently seem to birth decent-looking calves only to have them lag others in growth. The problem seems to be more closely related...

Sound advice and I'm going to accept it. I've been too kind for too long with some of these animals. :)

I've got a few animals that drop nice looking calves and then don't produce enough milk to really give them the start that they need. The calves end up looking crappy and malnourished because, well, because they're malnourished I'd imagine. :oops: Any solutions to a problem like this....aside...

55 - 60 pounds is about the average of my Charolais and Charolais crosses as well. And your comments bring up an interesting point, one that I'm going to address in another thread.

I'm sure this topic has been covered here before, but I'll bring it back to the top. Are there any direct links between low birth weight calves and how they later perform....ie, perform poorly? I recently swapped a young bull for a couple of heifers that had been bred by the owner. One...

I guess I've got a mix of things going on here. I've got a group of young bulls that I'm evaluating and keep them together with my "padrote" or herd bull, separated from the cows. Several really young bulls I run with the cows to alert us when one comes into season. Once a cow or heifer is...