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Concerns of switching herd from spring to fall
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<blockquote data-quote="BRG" data-source="post: 705860" data-attributes="member: 2397"><p>In our situation, we have 3 calving seasons. Spring (March) Summer (May/June) Fall (Sept/Oct) with most of them in the summer bunch. We do calve this way for a few reasons. </p><p></p><p>Their are positives and negatives in the fall calving. I like it due to the fact that you simply don't loose any calves or have calving problems. This spring we had a death loss of around 10% due to the bad storms and the labor was crazy. As of today, we have 5 cows left and calved out around 70 fall cows this fall and haven't loss 1, while we only check them once after breakfast in the morning. </p><p></p><p>Another positive, in our area their is ussually a pretty good premium for grass type calves in May. These would fit that.</p><p></p><p>We wean ours in April and kick them on grass as soon as we can and leave them there until Mid September. This is easier and cheaper than feeding them every day.</p><p></p><p>Your weaning weights will be less, unless you give them some creep or something. The cows just don't milk quite as well since it is cold and they are grazing dead grass or eating hay. The main thing I don't like is, it is tougher to get the cows bred, at least in our area it can get quite cold when we are breeding. It is a little more expensive to feed them over the winter, but you can run a few more cows over the summer as they are dry.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BRG, post: 705860, member: 2397"] In our situation, we have 3 calving seasons. Spring (March) Summer (May/June) Fall (Sept/Oct) with most of them in the summer bunch. We do calve this way for a few reasons. Their are positives and negatives in the fall calving. I like it due to the fact that you simply don't loose any calves or have calving problems. This spring we had a death loss of around 10% due to the bad storms and the labor was crazy. As of today, we have 5 cows left and calved out around 70 fall cows this fall and haven't loss 1, while we only check them once after breakfast in the morning. Another positive, in our area their is ussually a pretty good premium for grass type calves in May. These would fit that. We wean ours in April and kick them on grass as soon as we can and leave them there until Mid September. This is easier and cheaper than feeding them every day. Your weaning weights will be less, unless you give them some creep or something. The cows just don't milk quite as well since it is cold and they are grazing dead grass or eating hay. The main thing I don't like is, it is tougher to get the cows bred, at least in our area it can get quite cold when we are breeding. It is a little more expensive to feed them over the winter, but you can run a few more cows over the summer as they are dry. [/QUOTE]
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