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<blockquote data-quote="Aaron" data-source="post: 723363" data-attributes="member: 1682"><p>I looked back at a decade to give a big picture. If I go even more recent, the numbers improve.</p><p></p><p>In the past 5 years, 203 calves. Assisted 8. 1 was a heifer, 7 were cows.</p><p></p><p>Resulting in a unassisted rate of 96.2% in the cows and 92.8% in the heifers.</p><p></p><p>Improvements have largely been made in culling cows that required assistance and lost their calves. Not going to cull those requiring assistance, but have a live calf. May not select the calf as a replacement, but won't ship the cow.</p><p></p><p>Of the 8 that required assistance in the past 5 years, all are gone except the heifer, which will be leaving in the spring due to other reasons.</p><p></p><p>But I would be interested in other people's numbers. Don't count slips or premies. Count light pulls, hard pulls, malpresentations. :cowboy:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Aaron, post: 723363, member: 1682"] I looked back at a decade to give a big picture. If I go even more recent, the numbers improve. In the past 5 years, 203 calves. Assisted 8. 1 was a heifer, 7 were cows. Resulting in a unassisted rate of 96.2% in the cows and 92.8% in the heifers. Improvements have largely been made in culling cows that required assistance and lost their calves. Not going to cull those requiring assistance, but have a live calf. May not select the calf as a replacement, but won't ship the cow. Of the 8 that required assistance in the past 5 years, all are gone except the heifer, which will be leaving in the spring due to other reasons. But I would be interested in other people's numbers. Don't count slips or premies. Count light pulls, hard pulls, malpresentations. :cowboy: [/QUOTE]
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