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<blockquote data-quote="Oldtimer" data-source="post: 1203087" data-attributes="member: 97"><p>But when you calve on pasture with little or no supervision- moderate BW (70-75lbs) calves can often survive even bad birth presentation problems (ex. backwards or breach) where with the heavier weights you may end up with a dead calf and possibly a dead calf and cow... I watched many - and my Vet claims he believes there are way more than we know bad presentations that handle themselves as long as the calf is not too large... He also claims one of the things that cause many bad presentations is too big of calves (or too fat of cows) that doesn't allow the calf to flip around and get into the normal presentation position...</p><p></p><p>I'm still one that believes you make money from the higher live calf percentage which comes from low/moderate BW calves that live- then the big BW calves that more often don't... Especially now in this age when a calf that weans at 400 lb is worth $1500-$1600-- and a dead calf is still worth nothing...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Oldtimer, post: 1203087, member: 97"] But when you calve on pasture with little or no supervision- moderate BW (70-75lbs) calves can often survive even bad birth presentation problems (ex. backwards or breach) where with the heavier weights you may end up with a dead calf and possibly a dead calf and cow... I watched many - and my Vet claims he believes there are way more than we know bad presentations that handle themselves as long as the calf is not too large... He also claims one of the things that cause many bad presentations is too big of calves (or too fat of cows) that doesn't allow the calf to flip around and get into the normal presentation position... I'm still one that believes you make money from the higher live calf percentage which comes from low/moderate BW calves that live- then the big BW calves that more often don't... Especially now in this age when a calf that weans at 400 lb is worth $1500-$1600-- and a dead calf is still worth nothing... [/QUOTE]
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