Calving 2024 Charolais

[Jeanne - Simme Valley]

I had 3 pairs out of 30 head so far. 1 split pair alive. 1 split pair born dead, 1 twin heifers alive.
Usually get 1 to 3 out of 40- 50 head. Did not have 1 last year.

 

[Jeanne - Simme Valley]

Put 1 twin heifer on the cow with 2 dead calves. Paired right up.

 

[Stonewall Joe]

Had calf #3 night before last, looks like bull calf year, by our simangus bull, out of a brangus cow. The bull is doing a really good job with the low birth weight, I don't think we will have to pull any calves and most, but not all are black or BWF.

We had a red baldy , a yellow baldy and a yellow calf last year. The yellows were out of charloais cross cows and the red baldy out of a cow that had a BWF baby this year

 

[BFE]

View attachment 40885Fifth pair, male-female. 86 calves right now. A cow put out a dead calf, must have broke his umbilical cord.
Nearly no snow on the ground around here but a storm can arrive anytime!View attachment 40887

An old joke here is my dad used to put a dot on a blank sheet of paper and turn it in at art class as a polar bear in a snow storm. If your char calves were out in one you'd never find them!

 

[Ky hills]

An old joke here is my dad used to put a dot on a blank sheet of paper and turn it in at art class as a polar bear in a snow storm. If your char calves were out in one you'd never find them!

That reminds me of one of our highschool ag teachers. He'd be showing something on a slide projector and if it it didn't work and just showed a blank screen he'd say Charolais in a snowstorm.

 

[greybeard]

Very nice calves and facilities and it's REALLY nice to see cow pictures from Canada that don't make me cold just looking at them..

 

[Dubcharo]

104 calves on the ground. We had a long night with a c-section, calf was full breach an a bit too big. Mother and calf are ok for now, the vet is not sure for the cow but she's eating this morning.

 

[Jeanne - Simme Valley]

That would suck to lose the cow.

 

[MurraysMutts]

104 calves on the ground. We had a long night with a c-section, calf was full breach an a bit too big. Mother and calf are ok for now, the vet is not sure for the cow but she's eating this morning.

Now that u mentioned it...

What did the calf weigh?

 

[Travlr]

104 calves on the ground. We had a long night with a c-section, calf was full breach an a bit too big. Mother and calf are ok for now, the vet is not sure for the cow but she's eating this morning.

Sunday now... Cow/calf doing good?

 

[Dubcharo]

Sunday now... Cow/calf doing good?

They are doing great, cow eating and chewing is gum.

Now that u mentioned it...

What did the calf weigh?

The calf weight 124 pounds, sucking is mother like a chief. Only the forwards legs are a bit funny. He will be castrated.

 

[farmerjan]

Glad the results turned out well for you.

 

[MurraysMutts]

They are doing great, cow eating and chewing is gum.

The calf weight 124 pounds, sucking is mother like a chief. Only the forwards legs are a bit funny. He will be castrated.
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O my goodness! That is a bit heavy.
I bet he makes a wonderful steer

 

[Dubcharo]

Some news, 114 calves for 112 cows, 59 females and 55 males. Only 5 calving cows remaining. We iron horns on 4 calves, the rest are polled. We had a calf who died after 1 day he had forward legs and mouth malformed with a small tongue. The c-section cow and her calf are ok.
It's the kind of spring we like our animals indoors on concrete because outside it's muddy, mild and rainy!

 

[Travlr]

Some news, 114 calves for 112 cows, 59 females and 55 males. Only 5 calving cows remaining. We iron horns on 4 calves, the rest are polled. We had a calf who died after 1 day he had forward legs and mouth malformed with a small tongue. The c-section cow and her calf are ok.
It's the kind of spring we like our animals indoors on concrete because outside it's muddy, mild and rainy!

Was there a cut-off where you were getting a lot of one gender and then it switched?

 

[Dubcharo]

Was there a cut-off where you were getting a lot of one gender and then it switched?

We have 7 females in the last 10 calves but in general there is no trend worth noticing.

 

[Dubcharo]

Another pair yesterday, we are at 6 pairs.
We have an heifer that calves at 15 months 11 days, she had female of 60 pounds. We help her deliver the calf but it was an easy pull. Only one more cow to calves this year, she had twins last year and have a big belly…