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Heifer + 112 lb calf = crappy night
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<blockquote data-quote="Nesikep" data-source="post: 826074" data-attributes="member: 9096"><p>I'm really starting to wonder exactly how much the bulls bw matters.. our last 2 bulls were under 100 lbs, and the cows we're breeding them to weren't heavy, but in the last 3 years our birthweights have gone WAY up, for no good reason, though lazy cows could be one of them... </p><p>5 years ago it was a rarity to have a 100+ lb calf, but in the last 3 years I can say we've probably had 30% over 110</p><p>my milkable cow (aka the Horse) calved earlier this week... another 140 lbs bull calf, last year was a 120 lb heifer, and the year before a 140 lb bull calf... This time she did it while I was watching.. she knows how for sure... her BW was 80 lbs, as well as her sisters and most of the others in the family, the bulls she was bred to were under 100, and only her first calf was 80 lbs... I'm starting to wonder what gives</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nesikep, post: 826074, member: 9096"] I'm really starting to wonder exactly how much the bulls bw matters.. our last 2 bulls were under 100 lbs, and the cows we're breeding them to weren't heavy, but in the last 3 years our birthweights have gone WAY up, for no good reason, though lazy cows could be one of them... 5 years ago it was a rarity to have a 100+ lb calf, but in the last 3 years I can say we've probably had 30% over 110 my milkable cow (aka the Horse) calved earlier this week... another 140 lbs bull calf, last year was a 120 lb heifer, and the year before a 140 lb bull calf... This time she did it while I was watching.. she knows how for sure... her BW was 80 lbs, as well as her sisters and most of the others in the family, the bulls she was bred to were under 100, and only her first calf was 80 lbs... I'm starting to wonder what gives [/QUOTE]
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