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<blockquote data-quote="Farmhand" data-source="post: 140468" data-attributes="member: 1292"><p>I'm curious about why people are complaining about having to move newborn calves into a barn at night in 40 below weather. I have drawn the conclusion from this statement that they are checking their cattle daily and have seen one that is looking close - otherwise they would see no need to go check them in the middle of the night. We calve in January and have never had to move one in in the middle of the night. One looks close? She gets moved into the barn that evening. No calf in the morning? Open the door. Move her back in next evening. Repeat until calf is born. Too much work? We're out there anyway checking on them. Beats middle of the night checks. We run primarily Angus. There is an open front shed they have full access to. Everyone of them has gone to that shed to calve if we haven't already moved her into the other barn. Just seems to me that if you are going to winter calve that you would do whatever to keep from those midnight moves. What am I missing?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Farmhand, post: 140468, member: 1292"] I'm curious about why people are complaining about having to move newborn calves into a barn at night in 40 below weather. I have drawn the conclusion from this statement that they are checking their cattle daily and have seen one that is looking close - otherwise they would see no need to go check them in the middle of the night. We calve in January and have never had to move one in in the middle of the night. One looks close? She gets moved into the barn that evening. No calf in the morning? Open the door. Move her back in next evening. Repeat until calf is born. Too much work? We're out there anyway checking on them. Beats middle of the night checks. We run primarily Angus. There is an open front shed they have full access to. Everyone of them has gone to that shed to calve if we haven't already moved her into the other barn. Just seems to me that if you are going to winter calve that you would do whatever to keep from those midnight moves. What am I missing? [/QUOTE]
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