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<blockquote data-quote="regolith" data-source="post: 1225303" data-attributes="member: 9267"><p>Cold and dry or warm and dry - I don't care, as long as it's dry (cold here means light frost).</p><p></p><p>Wet is no end of trouble, the fewer rain days through the first three weeks of calving the better, as long as we get enough to keep the grass growing. Mud = wasted feed, weak calves, mastitis, milk fever and misery for all concerned, no adequate shelter here for very inclement weather.</p><p>Snow; I have seen falling twice in the last ten years. One of those was during calving & I was finding new calves dead in it. Set of twins, couldn't say if it was the cold or if they were born dead.</p><p>Calve here as early as possible in spring as we get dry after Christmas (midsummer)which can effectively end the milk production season if it's severe.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="regolith, post: 1225303, member: 9267"] Cold and dry or warm and dry - I don't care, as long as it's dry (cold here means light frost). Wet is no end of trouble, the fewer rain days through the first three weeks of calving the better, as long as we get enough to keep the grass growing. Mud = wasted feed, weak calves, mastitis, milk fever and misery for all concerned, no adequate shelter here for very inclement weather. Snow; I have seen falling twice in the last ten years. One of those was during calving & I was finding new calves dead in it. Set of twins, couldn't say if it was the cold or if they were born dead. Calve here as early as possible in spring as we get dry after Christmas (midsummer)which can effectively end the milk production season if it's severe. [/QUOTE]
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