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<blockquote data-quote="Alan" data-source="post: 352133" data-attributes="member: 378"><p>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.</p><p></p><p>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.</p><p></p><p>Thanks,</p><p>Alan</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alan, post: 352133, member: 378"] 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 [/QUOTE]
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