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<blockquote data-quote="rockridgecattle" data-source="post: 632892" data-attributes="member: 6198"><p>That is a 2.28% loss over 5 years (14x5= 70, 16/70= 22.8%) (16calves lost/5 years=3.2 calves a year lost)</p><p>Not bad at 2.28 on average. But when you look at losing 3.2 calves a year out of that is alot.</p><p>I think you need to figure out:</p><p>how many abortions per year</p><p>how many open per year</p><p>how many due to birthing problems (ie backwards, foot back etc)</p><p>how many due to sickness related calf deaths (ie, unthrifty at birth)</p><p>how many due to scours?</p><p>How many due to weaning?</p><p></p><p>Then look at your birth weights...are you calving to big or too small a calf</p><p>your vaccinations, are the ML or killed, when do you adminsiter?</p><p>do you realize the "shelf time" of mixed ML in relation to heat, sun, and time mixed?</p><p>are you administering right?</p><p>BCS, are they, the cows may be to fat? putting the #'s on them instead of the calf and the quality of milk</p><p>Colostrum quality and timing?</p><p></p><p>Abortions due to what? Moldy feed, fighting, open cow in the heavily in calf area, causeing unnecessary stress?</p><p>open due to what? do you preg test? Is it genetic? Do you semen test your bulls yearly? Do you vaccinate your bulls? </p><p>What have the weather conditions been like these last few years? Anything like ours and the weather has been all over the place and not consistent with the seasons</p><p></p><p>Management issues in regards to space in the winter feeding, calving, and breeding</p><p>Management issues in regards to watching birthing cows, do you let them have at it and check once a day or are you a every 2 hour hands on kind of guy?</p><p>When do you wean? Do you wean just before they calve or at when the calf at side is 6-7 mo?</p><p></p><p>Stockers are no barrel of laughs either. All you need is one animal who is sick to bring them all down and spend alot in meds. (worked for a guy who went into stockers.)</p><p></p><p>edit for the big math error</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rockridgecattle, post: 632892, member: 6198"] That is a 2.28% loss over 5 years (14x5= 70, 16/70= 22.8%) (16calves lost/5 years=3.2 calves a year lost) Not bad at 2.28 on average. But when you look at losing 3.2 calves a year out of that is alot. I think you need to figure out: how many abortions per year how many open per year how many due to birthing problems (ie backwards, foot back etc) how many due to sickness related calf deaths (ie, unthrifty at birth) how many due to scours? How many due to weaning? Then look at your birth weights...are you calving to big or too small a calf your vaccinations, are the ML or killed, when do you adminsiter? do you realize the "shelf time" of mixed ML in relation to heat, sun, and time mixed? are you administering right? BCS, are they, the cows may be to fat? putting the #'s on them instead of the calf and the quality of milk Colostrum quality and timing? Abortions due to what? Moldy feed, fighting, open cow in the heavily in calf area, causeing unnecessary stress? open due to what? do you preg test? Is it genetic? Do you semen test your bulls yearly? Do you vaccinate your bulls? What have the weather conditions been like these last few years? Anything like ours and the weather has been all over the place and not consistent with the seasons Management issues in regards to space in the winter feeding, calving, and breeding Management issues in regards to watching birthing cows, do you let them have at it and check once a day or are you a every 2 hour hands on kind of guy? When do you wean? Do you wean just before they calve or at when the calf at side is 6-7 mo? Stockers are no barrel of laughs either. All you need is one animal who is sick to bring them all down and spend alot in meds. (worked for a guy who went into stockers.) edit for the big math error [/QUOTE]
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