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<blockquote data-quote="lithuanian farmer" data-source="post: 1579908" data-attributes="member: 19683"><p>Don't want them to be over conditioned as well as too skinny. Never had trouble with cows calving, which were on the fatter side, but had some not nice experience with fatter heifers calving. One time it was with fairly big angusx heifer calving with ~110lbs angus calf. Was a very hard pull, calf hasn't survived 12hours and heifer recovered in a good week. Typically, I'd have expected her to calve that calf unassisted or with slight assistance, but not how it was this time. The heifer was in a very good condition. Had another heifer, which was on the fatter side, calving this spring and she was slightly harder calved than her herd mates. Mom told me that years ago they've bought a herefordxdairy heifer and kept her on a diet for abit to loose some condition before the breeding, as she was very fat.</p><p>Usually don't have any over conditioned cows. Those which loose their calves will put some more weight on, but never becomes very fat. Here's an example:</p><p><img src="https://i.postimg.cc/QxZ1BbjK/DSCF3034.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> She had her first calf in November,17 and due to prolonged calving lost it. She's never seen any grain since we put her with the bull, only grass or hay. She is due with her second calf in August this year. She has grown alot and she's abit too "soft" for my liking now... But she doesn't have much of fat showing off.</p><p>Have noticed, at least in our herd and our conditions, those cows, which doesn't produce much of milk, always keep their condition better. If a first calver wouldn't change her shape after calving, I'd be very concerned that she has no milk.</p><p>I like cows to be more or less fit all the time. Lets say slightly better condition before calving, then slimming down abit, but not too much, and then regaining better condition after weaning. Over conditioned cows doesn't look nice and healthy too me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="lithuanian farmer, post: 1579908, member: 19683"] Don't want them to be over conditioned as well as too skinny. Never had trouble with cows calving, which were on the fatter side, but had some not nice experience with fatter heifers calving. One time it was with fairly big angusx heifer calving with ~110lbs angus calf. Was a very hard pull, calf hasn't survived 12hours and heifer recovered in a good week. Typically, I'd have expected her to calve that calf unassisted or with slight assistance, but not how it was this time. The heifer was in a very good condition. Had another heifer, which was on the fatter side, calving this spring and she was slightly harder calved than her herd mates. Mom told me that years ago they've bought a herefordxdairy heifer and kept her on a diet for abit to loose some condition before the breeding, as she was very fat. Usually don't have any over conditioned cows. Those which loose their calves will put some more weight on, but never becomes very fat. Here's an example: [img]https://i.postimg.cc/QxZ1BbjK/DSCF3034.jpg[/img] She had her first calf in November,17 and due to prolonged calving lost it. She's never seen any grain since we put her with the bull, only grass or hay. She is due with her second calf in August this year. She has grown alot and she's abit too "soft" for my liking now... But she doesn't have much of fat showing off. Have noticed, at least in our herd and our conditions, those cows, which doesn't produce much of milk, always keep their condition better. If a first calver wouldn't change her shape after calving, I'd be very concerned that she has no milk. I like cows to be more or less fit all the time. Lets say slightly better condition before calving, then slimming down abit, but not too much, and then regaining better condition after weaning. Over conditioned cows doesn't look nice and healthy too me. [/QUOTE]
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