Has anyone used a regular weight tape to get the BW of a newborn. Spoke to a guy who did this and calmed it was pretty close. I tried it on the calf we got the other day and matched it with the calf tape (hoof tape). It was pretty close, but the hoof tape has a + or - 7lbs. I should say I won't mess with scales at this point, been there done that, my cattle calve in the pasture, so unless there seems to be a problem they are not brought into the barn.
BW is important, but as you can tell close is good enough, but + or - 7lbs is too much. Just wondering how close the girth tape is on new borns.
Thanks,
Alan
BW is important, but as you can tell close is good enough, but + or - 7lbs is too much. Just wondering how close the girth tape is on new borns.
Thanks,
Alan