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<blockquote data-quote="Jeanne - Simme Valley" data-source="post: 325920" data-attributes="member: 968"><p>Bullpeddler - you are ABSOLUTELY right about the mud & cold rain. Water & mud draw the heat out of the calves faster than the freezing temperatures.</p><p>Yes, we calve all our cattle in pens. As cattle get within a week to 2 weeks of her due date, she is kept in a large lot outside the house/barn area, that I can see from the house. Each evening I check them for potential calvers, and they are put in the barn. I cheat and have cameras so I can check them thru-out the night without disturbing them (or me <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /> ). If they don't calve, they are turned back out around 5-6am. If anyone goes into labor during the day, I slide them back into the barn. This system works great for us. After calving, we keep them in a pen for a day (sometimes longer if weather is awful & I have the space) than turned out to a different paddock for just cow/calf pairs - except my "pampered" group (2 & 3 year olds & any fall calvers) - c/c pairs are turned back in with the pregs. This is a small group, usually 10-15 head.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jeanne - Simme Valley, post: 325920, member: 968"] Bullpeddler - you are ABSOLUTELY right about the mud & cold rain. Water & mud draw the heat out of the calves faster than the freezing temperatures. Yes, we calve all our cattle in pens. As cattle get within a week to 2 weeks of her due date, she is kept in a large lot outside the house/barn area, that I can see from the house. Each evening I check them for potential calvers, and they are put in the barn. I cheat and have cameras so I can check them thru-out the night without disturbing them (or me :P ). If they don't calve, they are turned back out around 5-6am. If anyone goes into labor during the day, I slide them back into the barn. This system works great for us. After calving, we keep them in a pen for a day (sometimes longer if weather is awful & I have the space) than turned out to a different paddock for just cow/calf pairs - except my "pampered" group (2 & 3 year olds & any fall calvers) - c/c pairs are turned back in with the pregs. This is a small group, usually 10-15 head. [/QUOTE]
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