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<blockquote data-quote="Frankie" data-source="post: 372856" data-attributes="member: 13"><p>Actually there is research showing it works. We feed in the evening and have few calves born at night. </p><p></p><p>From the link below:</p><p></p><p>"<strong>Can you change the time of day that cattle calve?</strong></p><p>Merely changing the feeding time can change the time of calving. Feeding cows at night is the easiest and most practical method of reducing the number of night calvings."</p><p></p><p>and</p><p></p><p>"<strong>How much can feeding in the evening increase daytime calving?</strong></p><p>A British study involving 162 cattle from 4 different farms compared the percentages of calves born from 5:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. with cows being fed in the morning versus feeding in the evening. 57% of the calves born during the day were from cattle fed at 9:00 am versus 79% born during the day when cows were fed at 10:00 p.m. A study done in Iowa with 1331 cows from 15 farms showed that 85% of the calves were born between 6:00 am and 6:00 p.m. when fed once daily at dusk."</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www1.agric.gov.ab.ca/$department/deptdocs.nsf/all/faq8181" target="_blank">http://www1.agric.gov.ab.ca/$department ... ll/faq8181</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Frankie, post: 372856, member: 13"] Actually there is research showing it works. We feed in the evening and have few calves born at night. From the link below: "[b]Can you change the time of day that cattle calve?[/b] Merely changing the feeding time can change the time of calving. Feeding cows at night is the easiest and most practical method of reducing the number of night calvings." and "[b]How much can feeding in the evening increase daytime calving?[/b] A British study involving 162 cattle from 4 different farms compared the percentages of calves born from 5:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. with cows being fed in the morning versus feeding in the evening. 57% of the calves born during the day were from cattle fed at 9:00 am versus 79% born during the day when cows were fed at 10:00 p.m. A study done in Iowa with 1331 cows from 15 farms showed that 85% of the calves were born between 6:00 am and 6:00 p.m. when fed once daily at dusk." [url=http://www1.agric.gov.ab.ca/$department/deptdocs.nsf/all/faq8181]http://www1.agric.gov.ab.ca/$department ... ll/faq8181[/url] [/QUOTE]
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