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<blockquote data-quote="regolith" data-source="post: 923349" data-attributes="member: 9267"><p>...and some of those managers who identified those calves are no longer in the job...</p><p></p><p>Yep, re calving problems with Brown Swiss. The Holstein/Brown Swiss cross is what I worked with back in Scotland and I don't recall any calving problems then but though I haven't pulled any, the BS calves out of my cows are larger than any other calf born to the herd and sometimes the cow looks a bit beat-up and not too interested in loving this calf. I found one of my good Friesians with a dead monster and calving paralysis, I'm guessing that calf might have been close to 60 kg and she never did get back in calf.</p><p>My cows are a lot smaller than the ones I worked with in Scotland, or the US Holstein. So the ideal outcross would be a similar size, hitting 450 - 500 kg (up to 1100 lb). BS are closer to 550 - 600 kg.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="regolith, post: 923349, member: 9267"] ...and some of those managers who identified those calves are no longer in the job... Yep, re calving problems with Brown Swiss. The Holstein/Brown Swiss cross is what I worked with back in Scotland and I don't recall any calving problems then but though I haven't pulled any, the BS calves out of my cows are larger than any other calf born to the herd and sometimes the cow looks a bit beat-up and not too interested in loving this calf. I found one of my good Friesians with a dead monster and calving paralysis, I'm guessing that calf might have been close to 60 kg and she never did get back in calf. My cows are a lot smaller than the ones I worked with in Scotland, or the US Holstein. So the ideal outcross would be a similar size, hitting 450 - 500 kg (up to 1100 lb). BS are closer to 550 - 600 kg. [/QUOTE]
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