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<blockquote data-quote="Logan52" data-source="post: 1806856" data-attributes="member: 32879"><p>I have raised BF cross market lambs (basically Suffolk X Hampshire) for several years. I have to lamb them in the barn in pens to save the lambs, for they will chill when the weather in January or February is bad. They require close attention or you will lose a lot of them.</p><p>Katahdin or Dorper lambs just seem to bounce when they hit the ground, and are nursing within a very short time, even when it is cold. Even a cross between the two types of sheep produces a much more vigorous and hardy lamb, so the male does make a difference.</p><p>I have not noticed such a pronounced difference in hardiness in calves of different beef breeds.</p><p>BF cross lambs have been barn raised and babied for many, many generations. Did they lose their natural hardiness?</p><p>The same thing may being going on with some of the dairy breeds of cattle, where generations of barn raising lead to less vigorous calves. Jerseys?</p><p>With attention to it, I feel genetics could make a difference in the hardiness and survivability of calves.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Logan52, post: 1806856, member: 32879"] I have raised BF cross market lambs (basically Suffolk X Hampshire) for several years. I have to lamb them in the barn in pens to save the lambs, for they will chill when the weather in January or February is bad. They require close attention or you will lose a lot of them. Katahdin or Dorper lambs just seem to bounce when they hit the ground, and are nursing within a very short time, even when it is cold. Even a cross between the two types of sheep produces a much more vigorous and hardy lamb, so the male does make a difference. I have not noticed such a pronounced difference in hardiness in calves of different beef breeds. BF cross lambs have been barn raised and babied for many, many generations. Did they lose their natural hardiness? The same thing may being going on with some of the dairy breeds of cattle, where generations of barn raising lead to less vigorous calves. Jerseys? With attention to it, I feel genetics could make a difference in the hardiness and survivability of calves. [/QUOTE]
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