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<blockquote data-quote="Banjo" data-source="post: 1579920" data-attributes="member: 17304"><p>I have been seeing some thing this year that i find puzzling. Last year my favorite cow in the herd didn't calve, She is probably 10 years old at least. Up till now she has always been one of the first to calve....usually a nice size calf, the cow always stayed in good condition...i.e. an easy keeper. I let her pass on not calving and this year she has had a calf at least 6 weeks into the calving season and her calf is smaller than usual...compared to the rest, but it is doing fine....not growing by leaps and bounds but some...otherwise healthy.</p><p>My thinking is .....after having set out for one year it looks like she would have a nice big calf that would hit the ground running.</p><p>I also have another older cow, 10 years or older that just had a smaller than average calf.</p><p>Is it just the age that is causing these small late calves and should I just sell the ones especially the older one that don't calve in a certain calving window?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Banjo, post: 1579920, member: 17304"] I have been seeing some thing this year that i find puzzling. Last year my favorite cow in the herd didn't calve, She is probably 10 years old at least. Up till now she has always been one of the first to calve....usually a nice size calf, the cow always stayed in good condition...i.e. an easy keeper. I let her pass on not calving and this year she has had a calf at least 6 weeks into the calving season and her calf is smaller than usual...compared to the rest, but it is doing fine....not growing by leaps and bounds but some...otherwise healthy. My thinking is .....after having set out for one year it looks like she would have a nice big calf that would hit the ground running. I also have another older cow, 10 years or older that just had a smaller than average calf. Is it just the age that is causing these small late calves and should I just sell the ones especially the older one that don't calve in a certain calving window? [/QUOTE]
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