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Any tips for winter calving in a cold environment?
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<blockquote data-quote="Jeanne - Simme Valley" data-source="post: 471550" data-attributes="member: 968"><p>There has been a lot of good info for you to filter thru.</p><p>Here's my 2 cents worth.</p><p>We calve in winter. I put all my upclose cows/hfrs in a barn - during the night only. But, I can watch them during the day & if one goes into labor, she gets put into the barn for calving. Definately iodine naval. I have a heat lamp in the corner of the pen with hay/straw under it for a "nest" (pen is bedded with fine wood chips/ course shavings. If calf gets right up & sucks, I do not intervene. Leave in barn for about 24 hours, depending on how severe the weather is outside & how well calf is doing. When turned out, calf has a place to get out of wind. </p><p>Wind is your enemy - IF they can be out of the wind - and IF there is no dystocia - and IF the calf gets RIGHT UP & sucks - and IF the dam is aggressive in caring for the calf - outside can be just fine.</p><p>Just too many IFS if left outside for me. If I don't have a HEALTHY, live calf out of each cow, I've wasted a whole year on that cow. And just a "live" calf isn't enough. If the calf has a slow start & doesn't suck right away, or gets slightly ill & you "save" it, they usually never perform up to 100% - and that's not acceptable if I can avoid that.</p><p>We weigh calf, iodine naval, ear tag & give Selenium & A&D vitamin shots AFTER calf has sucked. If born during night, we do it in AM.</p><p>As mentioned, dam may be nervous inside if never been put inside. I always put a "newbie" in several days before I think she will calve. After 2nd night, they are waiting at the gate to be put in at night.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jeanne - Simme Valley, post: 471550, member: 968"] There has been a lot of good info for you to filter thru. Here's my 2 cents worth. We calve in winter. I put all my upclose cows/hfrs in a barn - during the night only. But, I can watch them during the day & if one goes into labor, she gets put into the barn for calving. Definately iodine naval. I have a heat lamp in the corner of the pen with hay/straw under it for a "nest" (pen is bedded with fine wood chips/ course shavings. If calf gets right up & sucks, I do not intervene. Leave in barn for about 24 hours, depending on how severe the weather is outside & how well calf is doing. When turned out, calf has a place to get out of wind. Wind is your enemy - IF they can be out of the wind - and IF there is no dystocia - and IF the calf gets RIGHT UP & sucks - and IF the dam is aggressive in caring for the calf - outside can be just fine. Just too many IFS if left outside for me. If I don't have a HEALTHY, live calf out of each cow, I've wasted a whole year on that cow. And just a "live" calf isn't enough. If the calf has a slow start & doesn't suck right away, or gets slightly ill & you "save" it, they usually never perform up to 100% - and that's not acceptable if I can avoid that. We weigh calf, iodine naval, ear tag & give Selenium & A&D vitamin shots AFTER calf has sucked. If born during night, we do it in AM. As mentioned, dam may be nervous inside if never been put inside. I always put a "newbie" in several days before I think she will calve. After 2nd night, they are waiting at the gate to be put in at night. [/QUOTE]
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