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Breeding / Calving Issues
Does anybody else get psyched about calving time?
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<blockquote data-quote="Putangitangi" data-source="post: 1080686" data-attributes="member: 5956"><p>I do the same - I have a spreadsheet on the computer, which is counting down the weeks, then the days until the calves are expected. I go through them all and estimate (guess) the calving dates and then see how many I get right. I run a competition on my website for my readers to join in on a couple of particular cows (been running that since about 2001), which adds to the fun of it for me. I love it.</p><p></p><p>On the other side is the knowledge that there are often losses. I've never lost a cow or heifer, but many calves over the years. But better numbers to fit winter feed and better general management on my part has reduced those chances. This year (I calve mostly in October) I had 100% live on the ground and they're still all out there, with only one heifer-born underfed one.</p><p></p><p>The better time for me, after the anxiety of the relatively dangerous birth transition, is when they reach about six to eight weeks and show me which ones are really going to shine. That's very satisfying, seeing which mating decisions clicked, both for these calves, but also in the case of their mothers in the heifer group. I've six 2yr heifers of a bull I bred and really liked. Watching their progress and now their calves growing is a real pleasure.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Putangitangi, post: 1080686, member: 5956"] I do the same - I have a spreadsheet on the computer, which is counting down the weeks, then the days until the calves are expected. I go through them all and estimate (guess) the calving dates and then see how many I get right. I run a competition on my website for my readers to join in on a couple of particular cows (been running that since about 2001), which adds to the fun of it for me. I love it. On the other side is the knowledge that there are often losses. I've never lost a cow or heifer, but many calves over the years. But better numbers to fit winter feed and better general management on my part has reduced those chances. This year (I calve mostly in October) I had 100% live on the ground and they're still all out there, with only one heifer-born underfed one. The better time for me, after the anxiety of the relatively dangerous birth transition, is when they reach about six to eight weeks and show me which ones are really going to shine. That's very satisfying, seeing which mating decisions clicked, both for these calves, but also in the case of their mothers in the heifer group. I've six 2yr heifers of a bull I bred and really liked. Watching their progress and now their calves growing is a real pleasure. [/QUOTE]
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