That's how we did it !I was curious how others weigh their newborns. Many, many years ago, we would lay down a small piece of plywood and set a bathroom scale down, hubby would pick up calf.
This is how we have done it for maybe 30+ years.
That is the way we did it before both of our backs went kaput. Mike does 90% of the weighing and tagging now but his back is not what it once was either, although he is strong enough to still do it that way. a Number of years ago we had a calf catcher built that hooks up to a four wheeler. It wouldn't work for a lot of folks who have rough ground or a lot of trees we don't have much of either so it works great. The best part besides not having to worry about a cow working you over trying to keep you away from her newborn is the weigh set up we put a boat winch in so we put the sling on hook the sling onto the calf the sling to the scale but the scale is hooked to the wench so you just crank it up until the feet are off the ground then get your weight. Getting old tends to make you very creativeWe use a digital scale and a sling. It is done out in the pasture, wherever they're born, so we manually lift and hold. We put a rod, long enough for us both to grasp, through the top of the scale and my husband and I lift together. That way we are usually lifting less than 50 pounds each. It is my job to read the weight once the feet are off the ground. Often I must change position for a better angle to read the scale. That may put more weight on him, and can earn me some negative comments on my speed, with the big calves.