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<blockquote data-quote="farmerjan" data-source="post: 1799056" data-attributes="member: 25884"><p>I can't quite understand what the discrepency is with the term BIRTH WEIGHT. BIRTH weight is just that... the weight AT BIRTH. It is not listed as Weight on Date Due birth weight... it is actual birth weight on actual birth day....</p><p>I have no problems with everyone saying that most start on their due date, with figuring from date of insemination to due date... and that after however many thousands of births that they come up with a number of the gestation length... I use the charts just as well as everyone else...</p><p></p><p>Still weighing 6 days after the ACTUAL birth date... for an "adjusted birth weight"... or weighing the cow and then taking some sort of a difference if she carries over 6 days from projected birth date.... this is getting to the point of ludicrous.</p><p></p><p>Yes [USER=14161]@gcreekrch[/USER] that is a little (pun intended) bit of an extreme in calving ease... but if the calf has a good will to live, it will still be a plus. Might not top the scales, but the heifer has had a chance to be a momma, got the routine down, and her insides will go back to normal real quick, and hopefully she will go on and breed right back and be good to go. We have an easy calving bull that puts 50-60 lb calves on the ground and they are little pistols and have lots of vim and vigor. The heifers don't go through any trauma and breed back and go on to have a nice decent calf next time around. And if the bloodlines are there, the calf will wean in the low end of the average because she milked good and the calf just hit the ground running and continued to grow.</p><p></p><p>A LIVE CALF beats a dead calf no matter the size... I don't want midgets, but I would rather small from a heifer any day of the week.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="farmerjan, post: 1799056, member: 25884"] I can't quite understand what the discrepency is with the term BIRTH WEIGHT. BIRTH weight is just that... the weight AT BIRTH. It is not listed as Weight on Date Due birth weight... it is actual birth weight on actual birth day.... I have no problems with everyone saying that most start on their due date, with figuring from date of insemination to due date... and that after however many thousands of births that they come up with a number of the gestation length... I use the charts just as well as everyone else... Still weighing 6 days after the ACTUAL birth date... for an "adjusted birth weight"... or weighing the cow and then taking some sort of a difference if she carries over 6 days from projected birth date.... this is getting to the point of ludicrous. Yes [USER=14161]@gcreekrch[/USER] that is a little (pun intended) bit of an extreme in calving ease... but if the calf has a good will to live, it will still be a plus. Might not top the scales, but the heifer has had a chance to be a momma, got the routine down, and her insides will go back to normal real quick, and hopefully she will go on and breed right back and be good to go. We have an easy calving bull that puts 50-60 lb calves on the ground and they are little pistols and have lots of vim and vigor. The heifers don't go through any trauma and breed back and go on to have a nice decent calf next time around. And if the bloodlines are there, the calf will wean in the low end of the average because she milked good and the calf just hit the ground running and continued to grow. A LIVE CALF beats a dead calf no matter the size... I don't want midgets, but I would rather small from a heifer any day of the week. [/QUOTE]
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