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<blockquote data-quote="farmerjan" data-source="post: 1663186" data-attributes="member: 25884"><p>[USER=18748]@anewcomer[/USER] .... we try to tag at birth also. Not all get caught, but it helps to be able to get them in and just load the pairs to go to summer pastures. We rent anywhere from 4 to 10 pastures... most get 10 to 30 cow calf pairs. We don't have time to be watching multiple cow and calves trying to match them up after going through the chute when we are trying to get them moved. Have gotten a few mismatched and had to go through the pain in the a$$ aggravation to get them caught up, matched up, and moved again. There is one place that we will miss some, so we get out the ones we know, then after working the rest, I will spend the time getting them matched. </p><p>The good/or bad thing is, all according to how you look at it.... we have many cows that will co-parent calves. They will let their own nurse, let other calves in their group nurse. I have lost a cow or 2 and have the calf get raised by the group and do just fine at places where it would take me days to move portable panels, and try to get them in and catch up the orphan calf and then have to sell or hand feed. I have seen 3 calves on a cow that are 3-400 lbs.... pick the cow up off the ground as they butt her, then later see several on another cow. So, matching them little, as newborns, also makes it easier to get them moved out. It might cover up a cow that doesn't milk real good, but usually I can see a calf that doesn't seem to be doing quite as good, and put the cow on the "watch" list for culling. I want the calves matched early so that they can get moved out as soon as possible to other pastures.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="farmerjan, post: 1663186, member: 25884"] [USER=18748]@anewcomer[/USER] .... we try to tag at birth also. Not all get caught, but it helps to be able to get them in and just load the pairs to go to summer pastures. We rent anywhere from 4 to 10 pastures... most get 10 to 30 cow calf pairs. We don't have time to be watching multiple cow and calves trying to match them up after going through the chute when we are trying to get them moved. Have gotten a few mismatched and had to go through the pain in the a$$ aggravation to get them caught up, matched up, and moved again. There is one place that we will miss some, so we get out the ones we know, then after working the rest, I will spend the time getting them matched. The good/or bad thing is, all according to how you look at it.... we have many cows that will co-parent calves. They will let their own nurse, let other calves in their group nurse. I have lost a cow or 2 and have the calf get raised by the group and do just fine at places where it would take me days to move portable panels, and try to get them in and catch up the orphan calf and then have to sell or hand feed. I have seen 3 calves on a cow that are 3-400 lbs.... pick the cow up off the ground as they butt her, then later see several on another cow. So, matching them little, as newborns, also makes it easier to get them moved out. It might cover up a cow that doesn't milk real good, but usually I can see a calf that doesn't seem to be doing quite as good, and put the cow on the "watch" list for culling. I want the calves matched early so that they can get moved out as soon as possible to other pastures. [/QUOTE]
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