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<blockquote data-quote="turning grass into beef" data-source="post: 342576" data-attributes="member: 5195"><p>To begin with I'm sorry for your loss. </p><p>I know this is no consolation but we used to calve in January and February so I know first hand what you are dealing with. A number of years ago we increased the size of our herd so we were faced with the decision to either build more facilities or calve at a different time of year.</p><p>We now calve in May and June. We check the mature cows twice per day and the first calf heifers 3 times per day. We assist about 1% of the mature cows and about 10-15% of the first calf heifers. Our death losses at calving are usually around 3% over the entire herd. Now that I have experienced calving in late spring I would never go back to calving in winter no matter how small or large the herd.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="turning grass into beef, post: 342576, member: 5195"] To begin with I'm sorry for your loss. I know this is no consolation but we used to calve in January and February so I know first hand what you are dealing with. A number of years ago we increased the size of our herd so we were faced with the decision to either build more facilities or calve at a different time of year. We now calve in May and June. We check the mature cows twice per day and the first calf heifers 3 times per day. We assist about 1% of the mature cows and about 10-15% of the first calf heifers. Our death losses at calving are usually around 3% over the entire herd. Now that I have experienced calving in late spring I would never go back to calving in winter no matter how small or large the herd. [/QUOTE]
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