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COLD WEATHER CALVING
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<blockquote data-quote="Lucky_P" data-source="post: 1227538" data-attributes="member: 12607"><p>a9259,</p><p>Biggest problem with a lot of folks down here calving in this sort of weather is...the cows have been toughing it out through the winter on sorry, low-quality hay, and nothing else. Calves born to dams on a protein-deficient diet during the last trimester generate less body heat, take about 3X as long to get up and nurse as calves born to well-nourished dams. If it's single digits or lower with ice/snow/mud, the longer those little fellers lie there after mama dumps 'em out, the less likely they are to get up.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lucky_P, post: 1227538, member: 12607"] a9259, Biggest problem with a lot of folks down here calving in this sort of weather is...the cows have been toughing it out through the winter on sorry, low-quality hay, and nothing else. Calves born to dams on a protein-deficient diet during the last trimester generate less body heat, take about 3X as long to get up and nurse as calves born to well-nourished dams. If it's single digits or lower with ice/snow/mud, the longer those little fellers lie there after mama dumps 'em out, the less likely they are to get up. [/QUOTE]
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