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First calf spring 2011
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<blockquote data-quote="waihou" data-source="post: 850368" data-attributes="member: 6511"><p>We've only got 32 to calve altogether, one 2yr old aborted at the begining of june, soon after we trucked them back from the run off for TB testing, then the first to calve (we were due to start officially from 24th July) lost her bull calf so this is the first live one. So 3 down, 29 to go! </p><p></p><p>They are all naturally mated to 3 different bulls-so due dates are only approx. if I saw any action 9 mths ago. I expect they will be mostly during August, though the 5 heifers are due late Aug/early Sept and I will be moving them up to a paddock near the house so I can keep an eye on them-for just the reasons you mentioned! I wondered if I lost the bull with his head tucked under, but his mother has had 3 calves so she should have known better! I just think he might have been a hard push and possibly backwards and drowned, he weighed 47kgs.</p><p></p><p>"What do you do with paddocks that look like that?"</p><p></p><p>We just hope the grass recovers, but actually we have put down pads of 'rotten rock' where the feeders are, just inside the gateways, to limit the mud-the ground is pretty free draining river bed at about 20cms below the surface. </p><p>We only have 50 acres and run the 30+ cows through the winter, but also have 13 bulls on he area too, and 14 yearling heifers up at a 20 acre run-off block-away from the bulls!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="waihou, post: 850368, member: 6511"] We've only got 32 to calve altogether, one 2yr old aborted at the begining of june, soon after we trucked them back from the run off for TB testing, then the first to calve (we were due to start officially from 24th July) lost her bull calf so this is the first live one. So 3 down, 29 to go! They are all naturally mated to 3 different bulls-so due dates are only approx. if I saw any action 9 mths ago. I expect they will be mostly during August, though the 5 heifers are due late Aug/early Sept and I will be moving them up to a paddock near the house so I can keep an eye on them-for just the reasons you mentioned! I wondered if I lost the bull with his head tucked under, but his mother has had 3 calves so she should have known better! I just think he might have been a hard push and possibly backwards and drowned, he weighed 47kgs. "What do you do with paddocks that look like that?" We just hope the grass recovers, but actually we have put down pads of 'rotten rock' where the feeders are, just inside the gateways, to limit the mud-the ground is pretty free draining river bed at about 20cms below the surface. We only have 50 acres and run the 30+ cows through the winter, but also have 13 bulls on he area too, and 14 yearling heifers up at a 20 acre run-off block-away from the bulls! [/QUOTE]
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