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<blockquote data-quote="Andyva" data-source="post: 1133952" data-attributes="member: 1022"><p>How do you weigh your calves? I'm thinking sling or feed sack and spring scale and get somebody dumb that hasn't screwed their back up yet to hoist it up for you. Has anyone used the hoof tape? What is legal as far as breed registries are concerned? When do you weigh, for an "official" birthweight? They do lose a little weight after they are born, from fluid, and from the fact that they are burning energy while trying to figure out how to eat and get their guts working. I've read a calf can lose around ten percent in the first 24 hours, depending on weather. That would make a 90 pound wet calf weigh 81 pounds at 18 hours old. Would you rather breed your heifers to a bull with a 81 pound birthweight or one with a 90 pound birthweight? You could definitely make one look better on paper by not finding him 'til he was a day old. I'm sure that I'm not the only one that has thought of that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Andyva, post: 1133952, member: 1022"] How do you weigh your calves? I'm thinking sling or feed sack and spring scale and get somebody dumb that hasn't screwed their back up yet to hoist it up for you. Has anyone used the hoof tape? What is legal as far as breed registries are concerned? When do you weigh, for an "official" birthweight? They do lose a little weight after they are born, from fluid, and from the fact that they are burning energy while trying to figure out how to eat and get their guts working. I've read a calf can lose around ten percent in the first 24 hours, depending on weather. That would make a 90 pound wet calf weigh 81 pounds at 18 hours old. Would you rather breed your heifers to a bull with a 81 pound birthweight or one with a 90 pound birthweight? You could definitely make one look better on paper by not finding him 'til he was a day old. I'm sure that I'm not the only one that has thought of that. [/QUOTE]
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