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<blockquote data-quote="Ebenezer" data-source="post: 1558031" data-attributes="member: 24565"><p>The sneakiest problem with calving ease is on the cow side and with the maternal grand dams. If there is extra BW there, it will come back to haunt you.</p><p></p><p>The curve benders are anomalies which most likely are high growth with short gestation periods, but in the average bovine, birth weight is related to mature weight. We used to have a state beef specialist with extension who had the repeated motto, "Challenge the cows on birth weight". A lot of lessons learned the hard way for believing listeners. It was a fad. Just like today the low BW is a fad. For fad followers, it requires abject failure to get their attention. Hang in the middle and note calf shape: all above and great advice.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ebenezer, post: 1558031, member: 24565"] The sneakiest problem with calving ease is on the cow side and with the maternal grand dams. If there is extra BW there, it will come back to haunt you. The curve benders are anomalies which most likely are high growth with short gestation periods, but in the average bovine, birth weight is related to mature weight. We used to have a state beef specialist with extension who had the repeated motto, "Challenge the cows on birth weight". A lot of lessons learned the hard way for believing listeners. It was a fad. Just like today the low BW is a fad. For fad followers, it requires abject failure to get their attention. Hang in the middle and note calf shape: all above and great advice. [/QUOTE]
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