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<blockquote data-quote="Nesikep" data-source="post: 1134009" data-attributes="member: 9096"><p>I have a bathroom scale and weigh myself and the calf, subtract my weight... the scale we have isn't too accurate, but has a BIG dial, so I can read it myself. Most of my momma cows are OK with me.</p><p></p><p>I think the weight of the calf at a day old depends on many things... When you get calves that drink 2 gallons of colostrum in the first day, I'm sure they're not losing any weight, if you get one from a first timer that's a bit short of milk, with bad weather, etc, the weight may go down.</p><p></p><p>I've gotten fairly good at estimating their weight (I usually carry every calf about 100 feet or so), and since I don't report to a breed registry it's not too important, it's just to get relative ideas... I do weigh all the extremes, whether they're really big or really small, because that's where I'm going to be the least accurate with a guess</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nesikep, post: 1134009, member: 9096"] I have a bathroom scale and weigh myself and the calf, subtract my weight... the scale we have isn't too accurate, but has a BIG dial, so I can read it myself. Most of my momma cows are OK with me. I think the weight of the calf at a day old depends on many things... When you get calves that drink 2 gallons of colostrum in the first day, I'm sure they're not losing any weight, if you get one from a first timer that's a bit short of milk, with bad weather, etc, the weight may go down. I've gotten fairly good at estimating their weight (I usually carry every calf about 100 feet or so), and since I don't report to a breed registry it's not too important, it's just to get relative ideas... I do weigh all the extremes, whether they're really big or really small, because that's where I'm going to be the least accurate with a guess [/QUOTE]
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