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<blockquote data-quote="Aaron" data-source="post: 653650" data-attributes="member: 1682"><p>Purebred and Straightbred Herefords. Some bigger birthweights (Angus people run away screaming), but cows with big enough pelvises to handle them plus extra room. If seen 1300 lb cows pop out 150-160 lb calves and 1600 lb cows die having a 130 lb calf (not us, but people I know). If everything is presented properly, it all comes down to the pelvis area.</p><p></p><p>Even though we are not neighbours, or even in the same province, RR and I had similar conditions in putting up hay last year. Rain continuously and then a wet fall to give the bales a good soaking. All adds up to rotten, moldy, crappy hay. RR fed barley. We didn't. Not taking anything away from RR (barley is cheap in the West), but if we babied our cows like that, we wouldn't waste our time on them at all...and it most likely wouldn't have made a big difference. As a result, we pay the price this year. Lots of years of 98-100% calf crops, so it has to bite us in the arse someday.</p><p></p><p>So the big reason we have problems up here is feed quality. If she ain't put up in prime condition and stored out of the elements, she can be a crap shoot each year when calving time comes. :cowboy:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Aaron, post: 653650, member: 1682"] Purebred and Straightbred Herefords. Some bigger birthweights (Angus people run away screaming), but cows with big enough pelvises to handle them plus extra room. If seen 1300 lb cows pop out 150-160 lb calves and 1600 lb cows die having a 130 lb calf (not us, but people I know). If everything is presented properly, it all comes down to the pelvis area. Even though we are not neighbours, or even in the same province, RR and I had similar conditions in putting up hay last year. Rain continuously and then a wet fall to give the bales a good soaking. All adds up to rotten, moldy, crappy hay. RR fed barley. We didn't. Not taking anything away from RR (barley is cheap in the West), but if we babied our cows like that, we wouldn't waste our time on them at all...and it most likely wouldn't have made a big difference. As a result, we pay the price this year. Lots of years of 98-100% calf crops, so it has to bite us in the arse someday. So the big reason we have problems up here is feed quality. If she ain't put up in prime condition and stored out of the elements, she can be a crap shoot each year when calving time comes. :cowboy: [/QUOTE]
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