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<blockquote data-quote="creekdrive" data-source="post: 1310326" data-attributes="member: 21216"><p>To me 80lbs is not too big for a heifer (our reds usually come 70-80lb and our blacks 75-85lb). And I completely realize that the climate affects the birth weight, but does it also change the ability of an animal to have a larger sized calf? Nobody that I know of pelvic measures their replacement heifers here, but if a heifer is pelvic measured to have the ability to have a 70lb calf in the south does it change to 80lb if you move her north? or vice versa? In my head that's not likely... but I could be totally wrong. </p><p></p><p>Bring the situation up to the seller and go from there. To have that many calving this early, something is not right.</p><p>Hope the rest of your calving goes better.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="creekdrive, post: 1310326, member: 21216"] To me 80lbs is not too big for a heifer (our reds usually come 70-80lb and our blacks 75-85lb). And I completely realize that the climate affects the birth weight, but does it also change the ability of an animal to have a larger sized calf? Nobody that I know of pelvic measures their replacement heifers here, but if a heifer is pelvic measured to have the ability to have a 70lb calf in the south does it change to 80lb if you move her north? or vice versa? In my head that's not likely... but I could be totally wrong. Bring the situation up to the seller and go from there. To have that many calving this early, something is not right. Hope the rest of your calving goes better. [/QUOTE]
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