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<blockquote data-quote="nkotb" data-source="post: 1368094" data-attributes="member: 19452"><p>I would expect very high death loss. While the heifers have been fed good, most of them are trying to calve at 8-900 pounds. Most of the calves have survived a lute shot. The ones I've seen usually come early, weighing about 25-30# for the really early ones, to 60# for the more mature ones. The calf has had a very rough start to life, they've been exposed to most diseases known to cattle, and were almost always pulled out of a heifer who has been laying down fat in her repro tract for a good chunk of time. Most of the feedlots I know will pull the calf, and do what they can to take care of it, but they are set up to handle finishing animals, not as a maternity ward. While it sounds like a sweet deal, most people around us have decided it is not worth it, even with free calves, because the death loss is so high.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nkotb, post: 1368094, member: 19452"] I would expect very high death loss. While the heifers have been fed good, most of them are trying to calve at 8-900 pounds. Most of the calves have survived a lute shot. The ones I've seen usually come early, weighing about 25-30# for the really early ones, to 60# for the more mature ones. The calf has had a very rough start to life, they've been exposed to most diseases known to cattle, and were almost always pulled out of a heifer who has been laying down fat in her repro tract for a good chunk of time. Most of the feedlots I know will pull the calf, and do what they can to take care of it, but they are set up to handle finishing animals, not as a maternity ward. While it sounds like a sweet deal, most people around us have decided it is not worth it, even with free calves, because the death loss is so high. [/QUOTE]
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