DRB":2dfulv7v said:
How soon after birth is birth weight determined? If I happen to be around right at birth I may be able to get it..but after that mama gets her bearings, it would take the best cowboy in Texas to get that calf weighed...After a day or two I can usually get the calf separated without too much comotion and weigh it..Now are you telling me that every calf in large herds get weighed at birth? I bet you many a calf gets estimated...and if a low birth wieght is needed on a particular EPD it gets it..Am I wrong????
The American Angus Assn wants the calf weighed within 24 hours after birth. That's what we do,
every one of them. Those big registered outfits AI most of their cattle so they know when the calves will be born and have the cows where the calves can be weighed. They also have several ranchands helping out. Don't kid yourself, it can be done. It's not easy, but if it's important to you, you make it happen.
IMO, yes, you're wrong in suggesting that people only report the weights that make their cattle look good.