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<blockquote data-quote="rockridgecattle" data-source="post: 712249" data-attributes="member: 6198"><p>Poor nutrition, will be a big cause of birthing problems. With the drought, lack of pasture, and hay, your cattle are probably stressed, and birthing is going to be difficult due to the stress.</p><p>We were at a cattle seminar put on by our vet last night. good dinner too,</p><p>the speakers felt the last trimester was the hardest on the cow. The cow is under alot of stress since the calf is doing the most growing. Minerals is a big thing to help keep the condition up. What else did they say....3-5 weeks before calving the cow is starting to build the colostrum antibodies. </p><p>This is the time the cow needs the most nutrition to </p><p>-build quality and quantity colostrum</p><p>-to grow the calf</p><p>-to raise the calf - if she is behind the eight ball when she enters the last tri, it will be difficult to get them up to par before breed back.</p><p>-to stay healthy herself</p><p>She might not have had the strength to push out that heavy calf, and the calf could have been born weak due to nutrition and mineral deficency.</p><p>The cows look like they need more condition</p><p></p><p>sorry.</p><p></p><p>I wish you the best of luck with the rest of the calves</p><p>RR</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rockridgecattle, post: 712249, member: 6198"] Poor nutrition, will be a big cause of birthing problems. With the drought, lack of pasture, and hay, your cattle are probably stressed, and birthing is going to be difficult due to the stress. We were at a cattle seminar put on by our vet last night. good dinner too, the speakers felt the last trimester was the hardest on the cow. The cow is under alot of stress since the calf is doing the most growing. Minerals is a big thing to help keep the condition up. What else did they say....3-5 weeks before calving the cow is starting to build the colostrum antibodies. This is the time the cow needs the most nutrition to -build quality and quantity colostrum -to grow the calf -to raise the calf - if she is behind the eight ball when she enters the last tri, it will be difficult to get them up to par before breed back. -to stay healthy herself She might not have had the strength to push out that heavy calf, and the calf could have been born weak due to nutrition and mineral deficency. The cows look like they need more condition sorry. I wish you the best of luck with the rest of the calves RR [/QUOTE]
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