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<blockquote data-quote="Rustler9" data-source="post: 600141" data-attributes="member: 440"><p>nap,</p><p> I have no scientific data to present to you nor do I need any. Sounds like you are much more educated than I am therefore I certainly would have thought that you would have already known about the phases of the moon and it's impact on our environment. I don't spend my time conducting scientific experiments I just do what works for me. You make it sound as if I consult Taro cards or a palm reader before weaning-not true. Never been to a palm reader or had my cards read. </p><p> Not sure how long you've owned cattle, had them all of my life and have learned a few things from them and from nature. I guess you would also say that it's BS that if a cow is about ready to drop a calf that more than likely she'll give birth when the moon is full. I've seen it happen hundreds of times, as a matter of fact I usually predict that Bessie will drop it on a certain night if she's really close and there's a full moon. I'll bet there's other cattle folks on here who have seen the same thing happen and no, I don't have a psychic friend. Also, have a friend who's a nurse, works the night shift at the local ER-she says it's absolutely crazy during a full moon-they always have several women giving birth. Guess this is just a coincidence??? I don't think so.</p><p> But anyway, we usually try to wean when the moon is in the feet or legs, the calves will bawl about one to two days, the cows will bawl about a day or two and then it's all over. The few times that we've weaned when the moon was in the heart or head we've had calves walk the fence restlessly, not eat and bawl until they're hoarse. I don't need any added stress on my cows or calves so I try to avoid this type of situation. We also like to wean our calves and let the cows and calves see each other through the fence-seems like if they can touch noses and smell each other it's a little easier on both parties-the only thing is that we have five different farms that we wean calves off of and those calves are brought to one central location to be worked and cared for. So, the lucky calves I guess you'd say still get to see their mamas through the fence but not those from the other four farms. But hey, if what you're doing is working for you by all means you'd be a fool to change.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rustler9, post: 600141, member: 440"] nap, I have no scientific data to present to you nor do I need any. Sounds like you are much more educated than I am therefore I certainly would have thought that you would have already known about the phases of the moon and it's impact on our environment. I don't spend my time conducting scientific experiments I just do what works for me. You make it sound as if I consult Taro cards or a palm reader before weaning-not true. Never been to a palm reader or had my cards read. Not sure how long you've owned cattle, had them all of my life and have learned a few things from them and from nature. I guess you would also say that it's BS that if a cow is about ready to drop a calf that more than likely she'll give birth when the moon is full. I've seen it happen hundreds of times, as a matter of fact I usually predict that Bessie will drop it on a certain night if she's really close and there's a full moon. I'll bet there's other cattle folks on here who have seen the same thing happen and no, I don't have a psychic friend. Also, have a friend who's a nurse, works the night shift at the local ER-she says it's absolutely crazy during a full moon-they always have several women giving birth. Guess this is just a coincidence??? I don't think so. But anyway, we usually try to wean when the moon is in the feet or legs, the calves will bawl about one to two days, the cows will bawl about a day or two and then it's all over. The few times that we've weaned when the moon was in the heart or head we've had calves walk the fence restlessly, not eat and bawl until they're hoarse. I don't need any added stress on my cows or calves so I try to avoid this type of situation. We also like to wean our calves and let the cows and calves see each other through the fence-seems like if they can touch noses and smell each other it's a little easier on both parties-the only thing is that we have five different farms that we wean calves off of and those calves are brought to one central location to be worked and cared for. So, the lucky calves I guess you'd say still get to see their mamas through the fence but not those from the other four farms. But hey, if what you're doing is working for you by all means you'd be a fool to change. [/QUOTE]
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