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<blockquote data-quote="Nite Hawk" data-source="post: 981329" data-attributes="member: 18682"><p>A neighbor who runs about 400 head told us that for a long time he calved out in Feb. and they tried a March calving. This fellow has a weigh scale on his place, and feeds a number to butcher weight, so weighs his cattle fairly often.</p><p>He said that the Feb born calves were basically the same size as the March calves at shipping time, and he credited the lack of growth in the Feb born calves to the often extreme weather conditions that can hit during that month, and that the calves were often struggling to just survive the extreme cold, whereas the March calves the weather was milder and they didn't have to struggle so much to just live.</p><p>However, he lives in a "cold spot" where the temperature is <em>much</em> colder than alot of the surrounding areas. We are talking about the MINUS -20 F* degrees and maybe MINUS 30F* or somtimes colder temperatures, that may hit in Feb.-- (on newborn calves that are wet cold and shivering.)not PLUS 5 F* or warmer and calves that have been up for a while and have a bit of age on them.</p><p>As long as the temperature isn't extreme, or there isn't freezing rain, and they have lots of food and dry place to lay down, whether it is a barn or under trees, I wouldn't worry too much unless one was sick.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nite Hawk, post: 981329, member: 18682"] A neighbor who runs about 400 head told us that for a long time he calved out in Feb. and they tried a March calving. This fellow has a weigh scale on his place, and feeds a number to butcher weight, so weighs his cattle fairly often. He said that the Feb born calves were basically the same size as the March calves at shipping time, and he credited the lack of growth in the Feb born calves to the often extreme weather conditions that can hit during that month, and that the calves were often struggling to just survive the extreme cold, whereas the March calves the weather was milder and they didn't have to struggle so much to just live. However, he lives in a "cold spot" where the temperature is [i]much[/i] colder than alot of the surrounding areas. We are talking about the MINUS -20 F* degrees and maybe MINUS 30F* or somtimes colder temperatures, that may hit in Feb.-- (on newborn calves that are wet cold and shivering.)not PLUS 5 F* or warmer and calves that have been up for a while and have a bit of age on them. As long as the temperature isn't extreme, or there isn't freezing rain, and they have lots of food and dry place to lay down, whether it is a barn or under trees, I wouldn't worry too much unless one was sick. [/QUOTE]
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