farmerjan
Well-known member
Happy New Year to you. Congrats on all the up and going healthy calves.
We are having mud and more mud.... rain, just crummy wet weather. Have a couple of late "fall calvers" to go.... they will get held back and put into the spring calving group next year. They have been late every year so not really behind.... going right at 12 months.... but want to get the fall calvers done earlier so will hold them and put them out with the cows that calve in the spring. Since we are holding our spring calves and weaning and feeding, would like to get the cows calving window tightened up and then we will be able to not deal with calves in this weather. Get done calving by Dec 1st so the calves have a few weeks on them before we get into much cold; since it seems like we are getting more of this wet and stuff late into the month of Dec anymore. A 2-3 week old calf that is up and nursing good and active is alot better able to deal with this wet than a 2 day old.
We are having mud and more mud.... rain, just crummy wet weather. Have a couple of late "fall calvers" to go.... they will get held back and put into the spring calving group next year. They have been late every year so not really behind.... going right at 12 months.... but want to get the fall calvers done earlier so will hold them and put them out with the cows that calve in the spring. Since we are holding our spring calves and weaning and feeding, would like to get the cows calving window tightened up and then we will be able to not deal with calves in this weather. Get done calving by Dec 1st so the calves have a few weeks on them before we get into much cold; since it seems like we are getting more of this wet and stuff late into the month of Dec anymore. A 2-3 week old calf that is up and nursing good and active is alot better able to deal with this wet than a 2 day old.