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<blockquote data-quote="Jeanne - Simme Valley" data-source="post: 627128" data-attributes="member: 968"><p>If she is a dairy cross or a beef animal totally lacking muscling, I might agree. But, there is NOTHING between the spine, hooks & pins. Either there is muscle atrophy or maybe there never was never any muscle there.</p><p>Don't know what you read, but BCS 4 is not recommended for a cow close to calving. Should be a minimum of 5 - 5.5, 6 being better. And first calf heifers should be at least a 6 - 6.5. </p><p>Now that you know the BCS remember:</p><p>It is difficult to put weight on a cow in 3rd trimester, but it is almost impossible to do it after she calves - without a LOT of expensive suppliment. </p><p>And don't listen to people who say, "don't feed them heavy during 3rd trimester, you'll get big calves". That is WRONG. Research has proven this to be untrue. Thin cows have much harder calving difficulties because they don't have the energy needed, and the calves are born weak, called Weak Calf Syndrome. Hope this information helps.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jeanne - Simme Valley, post: 627128, member: 968"] If she is a dairy cross or a beef animal totally lacking muscling, I might agree. But, there is NOTHING between the spine, hooks & pins. Either there is muscle atrophy or maybe there never was never any muscle there. Don't know what you read, but BCS 4 is not recommended for a cow close to calving. Should be a minimum of 5 - 5.5, 6 being better. And first calf heifers should be at least a 6 - 6.5. Now that you know the BCS remember: It is difficult to put weight on a cow in 3rd trimester, but it is almost impossible to do it after she calves - without a LOT of expensive suppliment. And don't listen to people who say, "don't feed them heavy during 3rd trimester, you'll get big calves". That is WRONG. Research has proven this to be untrue. Thin cows have much harder calving difficulties because they don't have the energy needed, and the calves are born weak, called Weak Calf Syndrome. Hope this information helps. [/QUOTE]
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