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Anyone else calving early?
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<blockquote data-quote="Katpau" data-source="post: 1668642" data-attributes="member: 9933"><p>I calculate gestation on all cows I observe being bred. My herd average on the registered cows is 278 days. We are now on day 286 since the day the bulls were turned out. 43% of the herd has already calved with an average of 277 days gestation. Shortest gestation was 268 days on a first calf heifer and longest was 285 days, also a first calf heifer. </p><p></p><p>That last heifer had me worried. My heifers rarely go over 280 days. I got myself all worked up thinking maybe it was positioned wrong. Maybe it was getting too big. I started expecting the worst and hoping for the best. She went into labor just before dark, and I spied on her as best I could, but lost her in the woods and the dark after about half an hour. A short time later I heard her make that "What the heck is that?" call. I was able to find her and the new calf already trying to rise to its feet. All was well. She was licking it. I was thrilled to know that once again I worried for nothing. The calf was 86 pounds, but she delivered it less than an hour from when she first started cranking her tail.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Katpau, post: 1668642, member: 9933"] I calculate gestation on all cows I observe being bred. My herd average on the registered cows is 278 days. We are now on day 286 since the day the bulls were turned out. 43% of the herd has already calved with an average of 277 days gestation. Shortest gestation was 268 days on a first calf heifer and longest was 285 days, also a first calf heifer. That last heifer had me worried. My heifers rarely go over 280 days. I got myself all worked up thinking maybe it was positioned wrong. Maybe it was getting too big. I started expecting the worst and hoping for the best. She went into labor just before dark, and I spied on her as best I could, but lost her in the woods and the dark after about half an hour. A short time later I heard her make that "What the heck is that?" call. I was able to find her and the new calf already trying to rise to its feet. All was well. She was licking it. I was thrilled to know that once again I worried for nothing. The calf was 86 pounds, but she delivered it less than an hour from when she first started cranking her tail. [/QUOTE]
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