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<blockquote data-quote="Fire Sweep Ranch" data-source="post: 1202964" data-attributes="member: 18809"><p>If my cattle can not have an 80 pound calf unassisted he does not belong in my herd, period. Like 3 way said, you are too far behind at weaning when you start low like that. We weigh everything on a True test scale, dam and calves at calving. </p><p>Now, we have had a very small heifer (50 pounds at birth) half simm half angus, and ended up with a yearling weight of just under 900 pounds. She is bred to calve at 12 months and I have no concerns about her laying down and spitting out a calf. But she is an unusual case of a small birthweight calf growing to adequate size.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fire Sweep Ranch, post: 1202964, member: 18809"] If my cattle can not have an 80 pound calf unassisted he does not belong in my herd, period. Like 3 way said, you are too far behind at weaning when you start low like that. We weigh everything on a True test scale, dam and calves at calving. Now, we have had a very small heifer (50 pounds at birth) half simm half angus, and ended up with a yearling weight of just under 900 pounds. She is bred to calve at 12 months and I have no concerns about her laying down and spitting out a calf. But she is an unusual case of a small birthweight calf growing to adequate size. [/QUOTE]
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