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<blockquote data-quote="randiliana" data-source="post: 1220298" data-attributes="member: 2308"><p>We will bring the main herd home from their winter pasture(feeding area) about 10-14 days ahead of calving. Probably will do our first sort either the same day or within a couple days of bringing them home. The first sort will keep around 20 head in. Then, because they have to come right up to the corrals for water (as long as there isn't melt water laying around) we will try to pick any heavies as they come for water. Of course there are always some wily ones, and ones you miss, plus if there is a lot of water laying around they won't come to drink from the waterers. So we will usually run the whole herd through about once a week to pull of any that we have missed. A lot depends on the weather, if it is nice out, we don't worry about the odd calf being missed out in the main bunch, but if it is cold we are a lot more stringent about pulling anything that is showing. In the end, most cows will be in the calving area for about 3-7 days, have had some calve the same day we sorted, and some that will wait FOREVER before they calve...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="randiliana, post: 1220298, member: 2308"] We will bring the main herd home from their winter pasture(feeding area) about 10-14 days ahead of calving. Probably will do our first sort either the same day or within a couple days of bringing them home. The first sort will keep around 20 head in. Then, because they have to come right up to the corrals for water (as long as there isn't melt water laying around) we will try to pick any heavies as they come for water. Of course there are always some wily ones, and ones you miss, plus if there is a lot of water laying around they won't come to drink from the waterers. So we will usually run the whole herd through about once a week to pull of any that we have missed. A lot depends on the weather, if it is nice out, we don't worry about the odd calf being missed out in the main bunch, but if it is cold we are a lot more stringent about pulling anything that is showing. In the end, most cows will be in the calving area for about 3-7 days, have had some calve the same day we sorted, and some that will wait FOREVER before they calve... [/QUOTE]
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