Dubcharo 2025 calving

[Dubcharo]

Some news from Dubuc Charolais Quebec. We are at 102 calves for 101 cows, for now we have 2 pairs of twins and lost 1 calf at 7 days from what we think was a heart malformation.
A lot of snow and a cold winter but in the barns it's the same environment years after years! Gestations at 180 days and birthweight around 92 pounds in average. 48 females and 54 males.

 

[kenny thomas]

I thought of you today and wondered how calving was progressing. I hope you mean 280 days on gestation not 180 days.

 

[Dubcharo]

I thought of you today and wondered how calving was progressing. I hope you mean 280 days on gestation not 180 days.

Yes 280 days, it's short for charolais, suppose to be 286 days but I calculate my calving date with a 282 days delay. 13 calving cows left for this year.

 

[Dubcharo]

Easily 4 feet of snow

 

[MurraysMutts]

Easily 4 feet of snow
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That doesn't look fun at all.

Love those lil pink nosed boogers! Sounds like a great season so far.

 

[farmerjan]

I was just thinking about you the other day and thought, gee we haven't seen anything from @Dubcharo this year.... and up pops your posts.
You can have the 4 ft of snow, although that should bode well for good ground reserves for a good hay and pasture season. We have had more snow this year than for quite a few years past... along with some bone chilling cold, for this area anyway... Hoping it clears the air and gets rid of some germs and bugs. Latest 4-5 inch snow is melting in 40-50 degree F temps... sun and nice out but breezy so quite cool. We had over 8 inches 10 days ago and that melted, in a week, helped by some rain that made it near impossible to get into some pastures a couple days except real early in the morning while it was harder ground, then it got back down in the 15 F range a couple nights... Crazy up and down temps.

Your cattle look good... one nice thing about you having to keep them in and calve them like that, you have nice quiet cattle that must be fairly easy to work around. That is a great selling point. They don't need to be pets, but to be able to handle them quietly and more easily is really nice.
Love to see your pictures...

 

[Dubcharo]

We finished our calving season with 62 males and 53 females from 114 cows. Only 2 pairs of twins this year and it's a good thing!