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I'm having abnormally large calves!
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<blockquote data-quote="Nesikep" data-source="post: 826425" data-attributes="member: 9096"><p>as most of you know, my last 3 years have been abnormally high, and we're starting to feed the cows less and less during the winter, if it's really cold (by our standards below 0F), I feed a little more, but this year I was feeding 7x80 lb bales for 24 animals, first cut hay, mostly grass but with some alfalfa, last year was feeding 6 or 7 bales for 19 head.. it seems to be that once I take my cows out of the field and into the corrals, (where they don't move) my BW's go up, so the first 4 calves this year were in the 80's, all heifer calves, but since then heifer calves have been around 100-115, and bull calves from 110-140, with a couple exceptions to the rule, my average BW all inclusive is 102 lb right now... before 3 years ago, our average was 80ish lbs. Last year the lightest calves were a pair of twins (heifer + bull) at 65 & 75 respectively</p><p></p><p></p><p>Statistically, but perhaps not necessarily? <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /> statistics are that way</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nesikep, post: 826425, member: 9096"] as most of you know, my last 3 years have been abnormally high, and we're starting to feed the cows less and less during the winter, if it's really cold (by our standards below 0F), I feed a little more, but this year I was feeding 7x80 lb bales for 24 animals, first cut hay, mostly grass but with some alfalfa, last year was feeding 6 or 7 bales for 19 head.. it seems to be that once I take my cows out of the field and into the corrals, (where they don't move) my BW's go up, so the first 4 calves this year were in the 80's, all heifer calves, but since then heifer calves have been around 100-115, and bull calves from 110-140, with a couple exceptions to the rule, my average BW all inclusive is 102 lb right now... before 3 years ago, our average was 80ish lbs. Last year the lightest calves were a pair of twins (heifer + bull) at 65 & 75 respectively Statistically, but perhaps not necessarily? :P statistics are that way [/QUOTE]
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