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<blockquote data-quote="dun" data-source="post: 143104" data-attributes="member: 34"><p>TRhat's part of the deal of the local conditions coming into play. We calve from mid Feb through March. Weather is too unpredictable before that, and it's still rather unpredictable sometimes even then. Calves are a lot tougher then they're given credit for, but I think some of that has to do with the genetics. One bull we used, all of his calves were up and looking for groceries within 2-3 minutes of birth, that was the darndest bunch of vigourous calves I've ever seen. Last year we had a cow twin and they slild under the fence and down a hill where the cow couldn;t reach them. From the noise she was making we figured they were born around 3-4 am. At 7 when I found them, one was frozen to the ground and the oither one was trying to stand. I put the unfrozen one with the cow and it started to nurse, the other one we took in and stuck in a tub of warm water until it's joints would bend. Tubed it then bottle raised it and sold it as a bottle calf. She shows no signs of any problems. It was 15 degrees the night they were born and it took around 3 hours efore she thawed enough to be able to bend her joints.</p><p></p><p>dun</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dun, post: 143104, member: 34"] TRhat's part of the deal of the local conditions coming into play. We calve from mid Feb through March. Weather is too unpredictable before that, and it's still rather unpredictable sometimes even then. Calves are a lot tougher then they're given credit for, but I think some of that has to do with the genetics. One bull we used, all of his calves were up and looking for groceries within 2-3 minutes of birth, that was the darndest bunch of vigourous calves I've ever seen. Last year we had a cow twin and they slild under the fence and down a hill where the cow couldn;t reach them. From the noise she was making we figured they were born around 3-4 am. At 7 when I found them, one was frozen to the ground and the oither one was trying to stand. I put the unfrozen one with the cow and it started to nurse, the other one we took in and stuck in a tub of warm water until it's joints would bend. Tubed it then bottle raised it and sold it as a bottle calf. She shows no signs of any problems. It was 15 degrees the night they were born and it took around 3 hours efore she thawed enough to be able to bend her joints. dun [/QUOTE]
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