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<blockquote data-quote="lithuanian farmer" data-source="post: 1532406" data-attributes="member: 19683"><p>The size of the cow often plays a role too. Have noticed that often big cows have bigger calves.</p><p>However, feed is one of the biggest factor. For example, have two neighbours, raising mainly dairy cows, but have a couple beefx too. One has a good feed and don't restrict it at all during winter before calving. Another keeps a very simple diet of hay. Both use AI, the same bulls too. The first most of the time has pretty big calves and often has to assist. Uses Simmental, Angus, sometimes Belgian blue, and mostly dairy sires. Two c-sections in the past two years, one dairy calf and one angusx calf. The second farmer rarely has any trouble calving, used Belgian blue on heifers without problems, and had a calving which required c-section only once, when he used BB on a beefx heifer of a certain breed, which should probably never be crossed with BB.</p><p>Have seen newborn calves of the first farmer last winter and they all easily were 100-110lbs...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="lithuanian farmer, post: 1532406, member: 19683"] The size of the cow often plays a role too. Have noticed that often big cows have bigger calves. However, feed is one of the biggest factor. For example, have two neighbours, raising mainly dairy cows, but have a couple beefx too. One has a good feed and don't restrict it at all during winter before calving. Another keeps a very simple diet of hay. Both use AI, the same bulls too. The first most of the time has pretty big calves and often has to assist. Uses Simmental, Angus, sometimes Belgian blue, and mostly dairy sires. Two c-sections in the past two years, one dairy calf and one angusx calf. The second farmer rarely has any trouble calving, used Belgian blue on heifers without problems, and had a calving which required c-section only once, when he used BB on a beefx heifer of a certain breed, which should probably never be crossed with BB. Have seen newborn calves of the first farmer last winter and they all easily were 100-110lbs... [/QUOTE]
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