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<blockquote data-quote="Katpau" data-source="post: 1134172" data-attributes="member: 9933"><p>I use a hanging scale. My calves are heavy averaging close to 90 pounds. My husband and I lift together. The scale is hanging from a device made to hold the scale, and has handles that we can each get our hands on. A short broom stick would also work. I tried the hoof and girth tapes, but found them to be extremely inaccurate. For three years I took both scale weights and measurements hoping I might be able to omit the lifting. The tapes could vary by 15 or more pounds from the actual scale weight. When I occasionally have calves born near the digital scales in the corrals, I have weighed them at birth and 24 hours latter. Some were a bit less and some a bit more (full stomach?), but none varied by more than a few pounds. There was never a 10% change, and more of them had gained a little bit then had lost. Weigh them as soon as possible. I check cows and weigh each day at least in the morning and afternoon. I do not stay up all night waiting for calves. I miss some births by 12 hours or more, but I doubt a pound or two will make a huge difference in my data.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Katpau, post: 1134172, member: 9933"] I use a hanging scale. My calves are heavy averaging close to 90 pounds. My husband and I lift together. The scale is hanging from a device made to hold the scale, and has handles that we can each get our hands on. A short broom stick would also work. I tried the hoof and girth tapes, but found them to be extremely inaccurate. For three years I took both scale weights and measurements hoping I might be able to omit the lifting. The tapes could vary by 15 or more pounds from the actual scale weight. When I occasionally have calves born near the digital scales in the corrals, I have weighed them at birth and 24 hours latter. Some were a bit less and some a bit more (full stomach?), but none varied by more than a few pounds. There was never a 10% change, and more of them had gained a little bit then had lost. Weigh them as soon as possible. I check cows and weigh each day at least in the morning and afternoon. I do not stay up all night waiting for calves. I miss some births by 12 hours or more, but I doubt a pound or two will make a huge difference in my data. [/QUOTE]
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