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After calving practices?
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<blockquote data-quote="Nesikep" data-source="post: 1217731" data-attributes="member: 9096"><p>With these prices, big operation or hobby farmer, losing a calf is still $1200-1500 bucks any way you slice it it's off the profit.</p><p></p><p>Some might call me crazy, but I check my cows every 3-4 hours at calving time if I'm suspecting one is close. I don't have calving cameras, though in time I might get some when the prices come down a bit.. </p><p>If you want good ratios of calves born to calves weaned, you have to be checking on them.. If you don't mind losing a few, then by all means throw them in the back 40 and let them fend for themselves, but don't call the rest of us stupid.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nesikep, post: 1217731, member: 9096"] With these prices, big operation or hobby farmer, losing a calf is still $1200-1500 bucks any way you slice it it's off the profit. Some might call me crazy, but I check my cows every 3-4 hours at calving time if I'm suspecting one is close. I don't have calving cameras, though in time I might get some when the prices come down a bit.. If you want good ratios of calves born to calves weaned, you have to be checking on them.. If you don't mind losing a few, then by all means throw them in the back 40 and let them fend for themselves, but don't call the rest of us stupid. [/QUOTE]
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