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<blockquote data-quote="randiliana" data-source="post: 628562" data-attributes="member: 2308"><p>In our neck of the woods, you better be calving in and around a barn. And there are absolutely no health issues if you keep things clean & rotate cattle out of area into their own cow/calf fields. All my cattle calve in a pen. Sure hate to say this (don't want to jinx us) but I can't remember the last newborn that got sick. Had one that was a few weeks old caught outdoors in a blizzard & got bogged down in deep snow & froze - floated him in bathtub for many hours & with TLC got him back to dam in couple of days ("Stinky" - some of you might remember him!). He NEVER got diarhea and/or lung issues. Weaned off a normal weight as his contemporaries.</p></blockquote><p></p><p>that is cool....</p><p>if you want to work that hard.....</p><p>me....</p><p>I am old and fat and lazy and want the cows to do the work.[/quote]</p><p></p><p>Well, you are welcome to do it your way. For us it is necessary to calve early when we do (March and April). Since the cows go to pasture about 2 hours away, it is rather important for us to have all the calves on the ground, and preferably a couple weeks old before they get sent up there. They usually are gone by the first week of May. We may run into a few health issues, but not enough to make me want to change the way we are doing things.</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p>
[QUOTE="randiliana, post: 628562, member: 2308"] In our neck of the woods, you better be calving in and around a barn. And there are absolutely no health issues if you keep things clean & rotate cattle out of area into their own cow/calf fields. All my cattle calve in a pen. Sure hate to say this (don't want to jinx us) but I can't remember the last newborn that got sick. Had one that was a few weeks old caught outdoors in a blizzard & got bogged down in deep snow & froze - floated him in bathtub for many hours & with TLC got him back to dam in couple of days ("Stinky" - some of you might remember him!). He NEVER got diarhea and/or lung issues. Weaned off a normal weight as his contemporaries.[/quote] that is cool.... if you want to work that hard..... me.... I am old and fat and lazy and want the cows to do the work.[/quote] Well, you are welcome to do it your way. For us it is necessary to calve early when we do (March and April). Since the cows go to pasture about 2 hours away, it is rather important for us to have all the calves on the ground, and preferably a couple weeks old before they get sent up there. They usually are gone by the first week of May. We may run into a few health issues, but not enough to make me want to change the way we are doing things. [/QUOTE]
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