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<blockquote data-quote="SRBeef" data-source="post: 1095150" data-attributes="member: 7509"><p>Thank you for the information and link. Folks keep telling me my cows are too fat. This morning the temperature (no wind chill) was -10 degrees F. With the windchill it was -31 degrees F. Those girls need all the fuel they can get right now. I believe under their thick winter coats they are mostly a BCS 6. A few of the first calf heifers look more like a 5.</p><p></p><p>Here is a picture from my tractor after putting out silage in the wagon yesterday. They were all vying for space on the downwind side as the wind was blowing right to left at about 20 mph when I took the picture and the temp about -5 F. </p><p></p><p><img src="http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/h414/SRBeef1/IMG_1299_cowsstayingdownwindofsilagewagononday4in-20Fwindchill012214_zpsa9dae3ad.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>I will add a picture of the rest of the girls who decided to hang out at the hay shed to stay out of the wind.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/h414/SRBeef1/IMG_1301_somecowsstayingoutofthewindatthehayshed012214_zps5d208a1e.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>I like their condition for this time of year. They should start calving in late April.</p><p></p><p>My criteria is the clock starts ticking when the first calf is born. I what them all to calve in 45 days after that (2 cycles) or they go on the "watch list" for culling.</p><p></p><p>Thanks again,</p><p></p><p>Jim</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SRBeef, post: 1095150, member: 7509"] Thank you for the information and link. Folks keep telling me my cows are too fat. This morning the temperature (no wind chill) was -10 degrees F. With the windchill it was -31 degrees F. Those girls need all the fuel they can get right now. I believe under their thick winter coats they are mostly a BCS 6. A few of the first calf heifers look more like a 5. Here is a picture from my tractor after putting out silage in the wagon yesterday. They were all vying for space on the downwind side as the wind was blowing right to left at about 20 mph when I took the picture and the temp about -5 F. [img]http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/h414/SRBeef1/IMG_1299_cowsstayingdownwindofsilagewagononday4in-20Fwindchill012214_zpsa9dae3ad.jpg[/img] I will add a picture of the rest of the girls who decided to hang out at the hay shed to stay out of the wind. [img]http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/h414/SRBeef1/IMG_1301_somecowsstayingoutofthewindatthehayshed012214_zps5d208a1e.jpg[/img] I like their condition for this time of year. They should start calving in late April. My criteria is the clock starts ticking when the first calf is born. I what them all to calve in 45 days after that (2 cycles) or they go on the "watch list" for culling. Thanks again, Jim [/QUOTE]
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