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<blockquote data-quote="Nesikep" data-source="post: 1114361" data-attributes="member: 9096"><p>We calf out a bit later than most (just got the 2nd), avoiding the worst of the bad weather, but I can't remember having to pull a calf indoors except for a twin the mother wasn't going to take care of.. We don't have any covered shelter, but the calves have good dry bedding and windbreaks. </p><p></p><p>Bez.. I'm with you on everything you've said (that may be a first)... I find my old cows keep getting better... I put down my 18 year old cow last fall, her last heifer was the best heifer of the herd in both conformation and size (it was her best too).. I have 4 10 year olds now, and they're all doing pretty good... If you're going for making more beef, you can always say "this 60 lb calf" could weigh as much as weaning as "that 100 lb calf"... but all things being equal, if that 60 lb calf was a 100 lb'er, he'd have weighed more at weaning. When I visit my neighbor I'm always shocked at how small his calves are when they're born.. but with Ralgro and a month earlier calving he does have my weaning weights beat. I'd say they're a moderate size (75-80 lbs) and he has very few troubles... checks on them once before dark and once at dawn, then whenever he's out and about in the daytime and sleeps well.. I don't see any reason to go smaller than that unless you're breeding minis.</p><p></p><p>One of my cows wasn't showing much action at 1 pm, I had a food coma and had a nap, 3 hours later I found her laying with a 135 lb calf, all dried up and fed.. she was a bit of an exception though, but if I have that kind of capacity in mind, I can get peace of mind that way as well</p><p></p><p>Oh, and I just looked up that "hard pull" on a heifer I had where both survived.. it was a 125 lb bull calf (weighed on a scale), she was probably 1100ish lbs</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nesikep, post: 1114361, member: 9096"] We calf out a bit later than most (just got the 2nd), avoiding the worst of the bad weather, but I can't remember having to pull a calf indoors except for a twin the mother wasn't going to take care of.. We don't have any covered shelter, but the calves have good dry bedding and windbreaks. Bez.. I'm with you on everything you've said (that may be a first)... I find my old cows keep getting better... I put down my 18 year old cow last fall, her last heifer was the best heifer of the herd in both conformation and size (it was her best too).. I have 4 10 year olds now, and they're all doing pretty good... If you're going for making more beef, you can always say "this 60 lb calf" could weigh as much as weaning as "that 100 lb calf"... but all things being equal, if that 60 lb calf was a 100 lb'er, he'd have weighed more at weaning. When I visit my neighbor I'm always shocked at how small his calves are when they're born.. but with Ralgro and a month earlier calving he does have my weaning weights beat. I'd say they're a moderate size (75-80 lbs) and he has very few troubles... checks on them once before dark and once at dawn, then whenever he's out and about in the daytime and sleeps well.. I don't see any reason to go smaller than that unless you're breeding minis. One of my cows wasn't showing much action at 1 pm, I had a food coma and had a nap, 3 hours later I found her laying with a 135 lb calf, all dried up and fed.. she was a bit of an exception though, but if I have that kind of capacity in mind, I can get peace of mind that way as well Oh, and I just looked up that "hard pull" on a heifer I had where both survived.. it was a 125 lb bull calf (weighed on a scale), she was probably 1100ish lbs [/QUOTE]
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