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<blockquote data-quote="Jeanne - Simme Valley" data-source="post: 93475" data-attributes="member: 968"><p>Maybe I'm reading this wrong - but you are saying you like fall calvers - than you say spring is better.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, winter is a known factor in birth weights. The colder/harsher the winter - the larger the calves - the larger the calves - the more POTENTIAL calving difficulties.</p><p></p><p>I always have a few fall calvers, and I expect them to be larger than normal because of the great lush grass that they eat all summer long. Than you have to make sure the cow has great feed during the winter to milk well enough to raise the calf & breed back. We feed baleage, so it's not a problem for us - no grain.</p><p></p><p>My winter/spring calvers always have, on average, heavier calves the later the calving date. In other words, the less winter they have gone thru by the time they calve, the smaller the calves compared to my tail enders. None receive grain - but again, I have good hay.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jeanne - Simme Valley, post: 93475, member: 968"] Maybe I'm reading this wrong - but you are saying you like fall calvers - than you say spring is better. Anyway, winter is a known factor in birth weights. The colder/harsher the winter - the larger the calves - the larger the calves - the more POTENTIAL calving difficulties. I always have a few fall calvers, and I expect them to be larger than normal because of the great lush grass that they eat all summer long. Than you have to make sure the cow has great feed during the winter to milk well enough to raise the calf & breed back. We feed baleage, so it's not a problem for us - no grain. My winter/spring calvers always have, on average, heavier calves the later the calving date. In other words, the less winter they have gone thru by the time they calve, the smaller the calves compared to my tail enders. None receive grain - but again, I have good hay. [/QUOTE]
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