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Big calves this year??
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<blockquote data-quote="got_cows?" data-source="post: 219501" data-attributes="member: 2473"><p>They are all Limousin cows except for our two Charolais. The bull is a fullblood Limousin. He does have a 3.6 BW but we have used that BW before and never had calves the size of these. Even the one Charolais that has had three 75 lb. calves had a heifer that was over 100 lbs. this year. The only two smaller calves out of this bull are out of our two fullblood cows. Both in the low 80's. :roll: </p><p>Our usual birthweights have been in the 70s and 80s with the guaranteed 100 lb. calf that we always get out of #9. (She had her calf yesterday and it was a 104 lb. heifer, so not unusual for her).</p><p>The bull is out of Jupiter Online KTWO, which we had used before as an AI sire, with good results. His dam was an ET cow that my husband swears was the best cow we will ever own. Well, we bought her with her calf at side and she died four months later. Isn't that the way of it? Bloated up and died after laying on the haybale the wrong way. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite4" alt=":mad:" title="Mad :mad:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":mad:" /> </p><p>My FIL, who has Charolais, has had some big calves this year too. Thought maybe the weather influenced the BWs somewhat.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="got_cows?, post: 219501, member: 2473"] They are all Limousin cows except for our two Charolais. The bull is a fullblood Limousin. He does have a 3.6 BW but we have used that BW before and never had calves the size of these. Even the one Charolais that has had three 75 lb. calves had a heifer that was over 100 lbs. this year. The only two smaller calves out of this bull are out of our two fullblood cows. Both in the low 80's. :roll: Our usual birthweights have been in the 70s and 80s with the guaranteed 100 lb. calf that we always get out of #9. (She had her calf yesterday and it was a 104 lb. heifer, so not unusual for her). The bull is out of Jupiter Online KTWO, which we had used before as an AI sire, with good results. His dam was an ET cow that my husband swears was the best cow we will ever own. Well, we bought her with her calf at side and she died four months later. Isn't that the way of it? Bloated up and died after laying on the haybale the wrong way. :mad: My FIL, who has Charolais, has had some big calves this year too. Thought maybe the weather influenced the BWs somewhat. [/QUOTE]
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