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<blockquote data-quote="Rydero" data-source="post: 1674612" data-attributes="member: 38101"><p>Very nice consistent calf crop Nesi! </p><p></p><p>I don't have any blankets. Before I saw yours I'd never really heard of them. May have to consider it. We generally only have issues with ears and calving mid March on it's usually only for a few nights here and there.</p><p></p><p> We did have a -30c snap in April a couple years back and in that case we just took the calves to a pen in the garage and put a fire on till they were dry. Fed colostrum if we thought it was too cold to let them try to nurse. There's always plan A,B,C, and D. </p><p></p><p>The one that got chilled was old enough to deal with the temp but momma led him off and and he layed in a low run that had been water that froze over. There were indents in the ice when I got him up and water dripping off. He seems good now but we're keeping him in the calving pen a few days to make sure. Momma is a cull for bag anyways so I don't have to weigh her brainless wondering vs the fact she once weaned an April calf in January that went 980lbs on the scale at the Auction Mart, lol.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rydero, post: 1674612, member: 38101"] Very nice consistent calf crop Nesi! I don't have any blankets. Before I saw yours I'd never really heard of them. May have to consider it. We generally only have issues with ears and calving mid March on it's usually only for a few nights here and there. We did have a -30c snap in April a couple years back and in that case we just took the calves to a pen in the garage and put a fire on till they were dry. Fed colostrum if we thought it was too cold to let them try to nurse. There's always plan A,B,C, and D. The one that got chilled was old enough to deal with the temp but momma led him off and and he layed in a low run that had been water that froze over. There were indents in the ice when I got him up and water dripping off. He seems good now but we're keeping him in the calving pen a few days to make sure. Momma is a cull for bag anyways so I don't have to weigh her brainless wondering vs the fact she once weaned an April calf in January that went 980lbs on the scale at the Auction Mart, lol. [/QUOTE]
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