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<blockquote data-quote="Nesikep" data-source="post: 1325231" data-attributes="member: 9096"><p>Kama just calved.. At 2 pm it I saw her, bag was full, she was somewhat in 'nesting' mode, figured it'll be a while.. took a short nap, 3 pm I go and look, and she's licking the calf. Nice little heifer calf, 75 lbs or so, up, sucking and bouncing around in short order... 9 heifers, 8 steers now... and Josie's line has had 6 heifers out of 6 calves so far (one left to go)... There's a possiblility this one could make the replacement heifer pen.. she did a pretty good job of raising her first steer. 294 days gestation.</p><p></p><p>So tell me what the heck happened with Tifa and her C section calf.. a heifer, born at 288 days gestation on a small cow is 110 lbs, and very linebred to begin with (you'd think a reduction of hybrid vigor?) The 4 other calves from the bull were all 90 lbs or less, his BW was well under herd average at 80 lbs</p><p></p><p>Here's a breakdown of Tifa's calf's family tree (er, shrub?).. Caddy is on both sides once, Arnold is there 3 times</p><p>............................Caddy</p><p>.................Chroma</p><p>............................Arnold</p><p>........Tifa</p><p>................Arnold </p><p>Calf</p><p>................Caddy</p><p>.......Marko</p><p>................Arnold</p><p></p><p>I think it might just be a freak occurrence... it's all I can chalk it up to.. The rest of Marko's calves were born much easier than the Limo bull.. it was just lucky I didn't lose 2 or 3 (out of 4) calves from first timers last year, Tatla was a very close call, Kama was a hard pull, and Sofa definitely needed a hand (no puller).</p><p></p><p>Tatla should be coming up soon,.. she's LATE at 295 days right now.. If she needs as much help as she did last year I won't be holding on to her very much longer.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nesikep, post: 1325231, member: 9096"] Kama just calved.. At 2 pm it I saw her, bag was full, she was somewhat in 'nesting' mode, figured it'll be a while.. took a short nap, 3 pm I go and look, and she's licking the calf. Nice little heifer calf, 75 lbs or so, up, sucking and bouncing around in short order... 9 heifers, 8 steers now... and Josie's line has had 6 heifers out of 6 calves so far (one left to go)... There's a possiblility this one could make the replacement heifer pen.. she did a pretty good job of raising her first steer. 294 days gestation. So tell me what the heck happened with Tifa and her C section calf.. a heifer, born at 288 days gestation on a small cow is 110 lbs, and very linebred to begin with (you'd think a reduction of hybrid vigor?) The 4 other calves from the bull were all 90 lbs or less, his BW was well under herd average at 80 lbs Here's a breakdown of Tifa's calf's family tree (er, shrub?).. Caddy is on both sides once, Arnold is there 3 times ............................Caddy .................Chroma ............................Arnold ........Tifa ................Arnold Calf ................Caddy .......Marko ................Arnold I think it might just be a freak occurrence... it's all I can chalk it up to.. The rest of Marko's calves were born much easier than the Limo bull.. it was just lucky I didn't lose 2 or 3 (out of 4) calves from first timers last year, Tatla was a very close call, Kama was a hard pull, and Sofa definitely needed a hand (no puller). Tatla should be coming up soon,.. she's LATE at 295 days right now.. If she needs as much help as she did last year I won't be holding on to her very much longer. [/QUOTE]
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