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<blockquote data-quote="gizmom" data-source="post: 809437" data-attributes="member: 13402"><p>We have already finished but we had first calf heifers start three weeks early (from AI date) We had such a hot humid summer we felt that was the reason for the early calving. I would imagine the cold your dealing with is no different (Other than cold instead of hot) either one puts additional stress on cattle to carry a calf to term. When they started they just kept going we had 10 or 12 calves before we got to the earliest calving date. And these were the heifers that are kept at the house with no bull anywhere near them so they were just early. We lost two calves both were due to bad presentations one with front legs folded back, we pulled the calf it lived for just a few minutes and of course we were doing calf CPR but just to far gone. The other presented upside down and backward no hope for the calf but the heifer made it. We also had two sets of twins both survived. We don't have as tight a calving season as you folks out west we calved 82 calves in 76 days. Now should I count that 10 or 12 were way early or should I count from the actual first due date? I really don't know which date I should officially use.</p><p></p><p>I hope all goes well with your calving from here on out, maybe you have all the bad stuff out of the way now. It is heart breaking to lose a claf.</p><p></p><p>Gizmom</p><p><a href="http://www.gizmoangus.com" target="_blank">http://www.gizmoangus.com</a></p><p><a href="http://www.gizmoangus.blogspot.com" target="_blank">http://www.gizmoangus.blogspot.com</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gizmom, post: 809437, member: 13402"] We have already finished but we had first calf heifers start three weeks early (from AI date) We had such a hot humid summer we felt that was the reason for the early calving. I would imagine the cold your dealing with is no different (Other than cold instead of hot) either one puts additional stress on cattle to carry a calf to term. When they started they just kept going we had 10 or 12 calves before we got to the earliest calving date. And these were the heifers that are kept at the house with no bull anywhere near them so they were just early. We lost two calves both were due to bad presentations one with front legs folded back, we pulled the calf it lived for just a few minutes and of course we were doing calf CPR but just to far gone. The other presented upside down and backward no hope for the calf but the heifer made it. We also had two sets of twins both survived. We don't have as tight a calving season as you folks out west we calved 82 calves in 76 days. Now should I count that 10 or 12 were way early or should I count from the actual first due date? I really don't know which date I should officially use. I hope all goes well with your calving from here on out, maybe you have all the bad stuff out of the way now. It is heart breaking to lose a claf. Gizmom [url]http://www.gizmoangus.com[/url] [url]http://www.gizmoangus.blogspot.com[/url] [/QUOTE]
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