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<blockquote data-quote="Iowa237" data-source="post: 359971" data-attributes="member: 6055"><p>Mortality rate from birth to weaning? o% to maybe 1%. Calves like baby humans... the older they get the easier it should be to keep them alive! A little kid can start talking and help tell you what the problem is... as with a growing calf... you should be able to see curtian signs of problems and treat before it becomes a problem. Knock on wood, but I have never lost a calf out in pasture while on the cow. I've lost to many come weaning time! but never out in pasture. So I've changed my weaning program. I'll turn the cows back in with the calves morning and night for about an hour. They suck and then the cows go back out to grass while the calves hit the bunks. After a week... all you do is open the gates and they sort themselves. Less stress, resulting in less sick calves going off of grain! Been doing that for the last two years and havn't lost one calve and my wieghts are a little higher... maybe not worth the 2 extra hours a day in chores. but also helps getting the new cows use to ya! </p><p>3.5% for calving is not bad at all. You can b proud of that. Bad to say but I lost 8 out of my 200hd fall herd last year! I usually can keep my fall calvers pretty low. So far My spring calvers are doing excellent with the weather we had in Feb. I've lost two so far out of 147hd! only 174 left to go! sure that number will change... last year I lost 14 calves in the spring and only had 301 hd. calving! Do the math on that and you will see that you beat me! So just keep a watchful eye on those calves at weaning. For the most part they will let you know something is up before its to late!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Iowa237, post: 359971, member: 6055"] Mortality rate from birth to weaning? o% to maybe 1%. Calves like baby humans... the older they get the easier it should be to keep them alive! A little kid can start talking and help tell you what the problem is... as with a growing calf... you should be able to see curtian signs of problems and treat before it becomes a problem. Knock on wood, but I have never lost a calf out in pasture while on the cow. I've lost to many come weaning time! but never out in pasture. So I've changed my weaning program. I'll turn the cows back in with the calves morning and night for about an hour. They suck and then the cows go back out to grass while the calves hit the bunks. After a week... all you do is open the gates and they sort themselves. Less stress, resulting in less sick calves going off of grain! Been doing that for the last two years and havn't lost one calve and my wieghts are a little higher... maybe not worth the 2 extra hours a day in chores. but also helps getting the new cows use to ya! 3.5% for calving is not bad at all. You can b proud of that. Bad to say but I lost 8 out of my 200hd fall herd last year! I usually can keep my fall calvers pretty low. So far My spring calvers are doing excellent with the weather we had in Feb. I've lost two so far out of 147hd! only 174 left to go! sure that number will change... last year I lost 14 calves in the spring and only had 301 hd. calving! Do the math on that and you will see that you beat me! So just keep a watchful eye on those calves at weaning. For the most part they will let you know something is up before its to late! [/QUOTE]
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