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<blockquote data-quote="Nesikep" data-source="post: 1397706" data-attributes="member: 9096"><p>I'd like to have lower birthweights than I have, but after all, calving ease is the end goal of low birthweight... why not select for it directly?</p><p>On my herd, a "sleep all night" birthweight for heifers would be about 70 lbs... they like to make them about 80 to 90 though... Cows I never have to assist.. the birthweights for the calf seems to closely match what the cow can handle.. a bunch of the bigger cows will make 140 lb'ers with no trouble, the smaller cows make 100 lb calves.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nesikep, post: 1397706, member: 9096"] I'd like to have lower birthweights than I have, but after all, calving ease is the end goal of low birthweight... why not select for it directly? On my herd, a "sleep all night" birthweight for heifers would be about 70 lbs... they like to make them about 80 to 90 though... Cows I never have to assist.. the birthweights for the calf seems to closely match what the cow can handle.. a bunch of the bigger cows will make 140 lb'ers with no trouble, the smaller cows make 100 lb calves. [/QUOTE]
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