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<blockquote data-quote="Aaron" data-source="post: 989965" data-attributes="member: 1682"><p>We were a mixed purpose cattle operation, dairy and beef for almost 20 years. With that in mind, fresh lactations had to come year round to maintain cream (not milk) production, so the herd calved 365. Soon as the dairy cows were gone, it made sense to start making calving 'a season', rather than a 24/7 ordeal.</p><p></p><p>So we tried the first method of big calves/big check - late January/early February. What a miserable time to calve. Gave up on that after a few years.</p><p></p><p>Went to Feb/March. Okay on good years. But when a bad storm hits, it's not nice.</p><p></p><p>Then March and April. Not bad, but water and mud can get nasty. Lots of scours.</p><p></p><p>Then April and early May. Pretty nice. Calve on bare ground and calves are healthier. Can still get hit by a whopper of a snow storm.</p><p></p><p>Now it is end of April and 3/4 of May. Absolutely loving it. Sometimes check cows in shorts and a t-shirt. Grass is starting to grow. Calves are healthy and scours is pretty much nonexistent. Calving is now one of the easier things to handle.</p><p></p><p>We also calve August/September and that is just as easy and enjoyable as the April/May calving. And with the improvements in genetics, we are weaning calves that are nearly as big as those that were born in the past in January/February.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Aaron, post: 989965, member: 1682"] We were a mixed purpose cattle operation, dairy and beef for almost 20 years. With that in mind, fresh lactations had to come year round to maintain cream (not milk) production, so the herd calved 365. Soon as the dairy cows were gone, it made sense to start making calving 'a season', rather than a 24/7 ordeal. So we tried the first method of big calves/big check - late January/early February. What a miserable time to calve. Gave up on that after a few years. Went to Feb/March. Okay on good years. But when a bad storm hits, it's not nice. Then March and April. Not bad, but water and mud can get nasty. Lots of scours. Then April and early May. Pretty nice. Calve on bare ground and calves are healthier. Can still get hit by a whopper of a snow storm. Now it is end of April and 3/4 of May. Absolutely loving it. Sometimes check cows in shorts and a t-shirt. Grass is starting to grow. Calves are healthy and scours is pretty much nonexistent. Calving is now one of the easier things to handle. We also calve August/September and that is just as easy and enjoyable as the April/May calving. And with the improvements in genetics, we are weaning calves that are nearly as big as those that were born in the past in January/February. [/QUOTE]
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