What is the ideal low birth weight for a calf? 50lbs? 60lbs? 70lbs? The weight at which a calf is considered lbw?
My purpose in raising this question is the other day I saw the smallest calf to ever drop out a birth canal. It would be generous to say it weighed 40 pounds. The first thought in my mind is we have taken the low birth weight thing too far. That little calf is at a higher risk of being food for the vultures and coyotes.
Is 30-50 lbs too low and would you cull that from your herd?
My purpose in raising this question is the other day I saw the smallest calf to ever drop out a birth canal. It would be generous to say it weighed 40 pounds. The first thought in my mind is we have taken the low birth weight thing too far. That little calf is at a higher risk of being food for the vultures and coyotes.
Is 30-50 lbs too low and would you cull that from your herd?