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<blockquote data-quote="BRAFORDMAN" data-source="post: 814796" data-attributes="member: 14817"><p>I have a mytty in focus son that i use on mostly brangus cows, i have some herefords bred to him as well.</p><p>We calve december through march. LAst year he just bred brangus and the calves averaged about 60-65(I do not weigh calves but it is a pretty close estimate) lbs i had a few smaller ones. Cows were on hay salt and trace mineral black for the winter.</p><p></p><p>This year my calves have been alot smaller. I know because i pick them up to tag them and ther is a big difference in alot of their size. I have some that i say are about 30-35 lbs a few are around the size they were last year. I have a 50lb dog and i know most of the babies calves are nowhere near as heavy at birth. Calves are healthy and full of energy and are functioning normal. I also had a beefmaster cross bull on some of my cows that calves are in the 60-70 lb range but i had a heifer born friday that is super small, but healthy.</p><p></p><p>Cows were on hay, cottonseed hull and meal, salt trace mineral blocks and protein tubs this winter because of a hay shortage. Cows are all fat and are in excellent condition. I would have thought that with the extra feeding calves would have been bigger, but calves are smaller.</p><p></p><p>I have no problem with the small calves, they are all healthy. And are growing fast.</p><p></p><p>Just curious why are the calves smaller this year?</p><p></p><p>I will get pics this weekend.</p><p></p><p>I have no reason to BS about the size of my babies, there is honestly a big difference in size of the calves this year.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BRAFORDMAN, post: 814796, member: 14817"] I have a mytty in focus son that i use on mostly brangus cows, i have some herefords bred to him as well. We calve december through march. LAst year he just bred brangus and the calves averaged about 60-65(I do not weigh calves but it is a pretty close estimate) lbs i had a few smaller ones. Cows were on hay salt and trace mineral black for the winter. This year my calves have been alot smaller. I know because i pick them up to tag them and ther is a big difference in alot of their size. I have some that i say are about 30-35 lbs a few are around the size they were last year. I have a 50lb dog and i know most of the babies calves are nowhere near as heavy at birth. Calves are healthy and full of energy and are functioning normal. I also had a beefmaster cross bull on some of my cows that calves are in the 60-70 lb range but i had a heifer born friday that is super small, but healthy. Cows were on hay, cottonseed hull and meal, salt trace mineral blocks and protein tubs this winter because of a hay shortage. Cows are all fat and are in excellent condition. I would have thought that with the extra feeding calves would have been bigger, but calves are smaller. I have no problem with the small calves, they are all healthy. And are growing fast. Just curious why are the calves smaller this year? I will get pics this weekend. I have no reason to BS about the size of my babies, there is honestly a big difference in size of the calves this year. [/QUOTE]
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