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<blockquote data-quote="Jeanne - Simme Valley" data-source="post: 486382" data-attributes="member: 968"><p>My first thought was - bulls = heavier birth weight = calving dystocia.</p><p>You say "all 5 of the bull calves have been stillborn (near as we can tell)." Have you seen any of them at calving? Possibly if you were there when they were in labor, you might have been able to assist and save the calves. I would think after 1 DOA calf, I would vigilantly be watching for any sign of labor and ASSIST as needed - let alone having FIVE DOA.</p><p></p><p>Maxwell Farms - first thought on your problem is possibly "weak calf syndrome" which is usually because of thin cows.</p><p></p><p>If a calf is born HEALTHY with enough body condition, no dystocia, & gets colostrom in a timely manner, it doesn't make any difference how little they are.</p><p></p><p>EDIT - Maxwell - I just read your own thread. If cows are in good BCS and shots up to date, maybe you are having a run of malpresentations or calves are too big for cows. Have you been there when anyone of them was in labor to see what might be wrong? Cows can end up getting a hard calving calf OUT, but calf may die in process or shortly afterwards because they are too weak to get up & suck.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jeanne - Simme Valley, post: 486382, member: 968"] My first thought was - bulls = heavier birth weight = calving dystocia. You say "all 5 of the bull calves have been stillborn (near as we can tell)." Have you seen any of them at calving? Possibly if you were there when they were in labor, you might have been able to assist and save the calves. I would think after 1 DOA calf, I would vigilantly be watching for any sign of labor and ASSIST as needed - let alone having FIVE DOA. Maxwell Farms - first thought on your problem is possibly "weak calf syndrome" which is usually because of thin cows. If a calf is born HEALTHY with enough body condition, no dystocia, & gets colostrom in a timely manner, it doesn't make any difference how little they are. EDIT - Maxwell - I just read your own thread. If cows are in good BCS and shots up to date, maybe you are having a run of malpresentations or calves are too big for cows. Have you been there when anyone of them was in labor to see what might be wrong? Cows can end up getting a hard calving calf OUT, but calf may die in process or shortly afterwards because they are too weak to get up & suck. [/QUOTE]
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