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<blockquote data-quote="Toby L." data-source="post: 635730" data-attributes="member: 9048"><p>What do you usually do when you calve in these temperatures? Do you just put the cows in the barn with straw, or keep them outside out of the wind? I've used hot boxes in the past with good results, and then I learned that there not so good because it increases the chance of pneumonia. But how do you get the calves to dry off, just let the cows lick them dry? I'm thinking that I intervened too much in the past, but I wonder how much is too much. I've read stories on here of cows having calves right on the snow, and the people walking out there in the morning to find a new calf added to their herd. If that were to happen to me, I'm almost sure they would have been dead, but then I never know because I won't let things go that far. I'm just wondering what everyone else does in these colder climates.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Toby L., post: 635730, member: 9048"] What do you usually do when you calve in these temperatures? Do you just put the cows in the barn with straw, or keep them outside out of the wind? I've used hot boxes in the past with good results, and then I learned that there not so good because it increases the chance of pneumonia. But how do you get the calves to dry off, just let the cows lick them dry? I'm thinking that I intervened too much in the past, but I wonder how much is too much. I've read stories on here of cows having calves right on the snow, and the people walking out there in the morning to find a new calf added to their herd. If that were to happen to me, I'm almost sure they would have been dead, but then I never know because I won’t let things go that far. I'm just wondering what everyone else does in these colder climates. [/QUOTE]
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