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Weighing newborn calves and also cows
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<blockquote data-quote="Bonsman" data-source="post: 837716" data-attributes="member: 8504"><p>I do pretty much the same thing--put down a piece of plywood and then put some digital scales on the plywood. Pick up the calf and weigh, quickly. lol And then get back on the scales to get my weight and subtract from the total. I will usually put some cake on the ground and then put the pickup between the cow and the calf. Sometimes they can get rather pizzy when dealing with the babies. I would love to have one of the weight swings!</p><p></p><p>The "homeplace" is where we wean and weigh. We have load bars under the chute. Everything goes through the home place at least twice. We get the weaning weights as soon as they are unloaded at the homeplace for working and weaning--same thing with yearling weights--get them when we are working them to decide which ones to cull.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bonsman, post: 837716, member: 8504"] I do pretty much the same thing--put down a piece of plywood and then put some digital scales on the plywood. Pick up the calf and weigh, quickly. lol And then get back on the scales to get my weight and subtract from the total. I will usually put some cake on the ground and then put the pickup between the cow and the calf. Sometimes they can get rather pizzy when dealing with the babies. I would love to have one of the weight swings! The "homeplace" is where we wean and weigh. We have load bars under the chute. Everything goes through the home place at least twice. We get the weaning weights as soon as they are unloaded at the homeplace for working and weaning--same thing with yearling weights--get them when we are working them to decide which ones to cull. [/QUOTE]
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