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What are the downsides to fall calving?
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<blockquote data-quote="Waterway65" data-source="post: 1422529" data-attributes="member: 22313"><p>I have had a fall calving herd for about ten years in western SD. We calve mid August through September. A friend once told me it wasn't a sin to check cows in a air conditioned cab. We have little calving trouble having only pulled two calves in the last ten years on a 100 cow herd. </p><p> Are land is nearly all hay and crop so I want the dry cows out on someone else's pasture as early as possible in the spring so I can concentrate on the land. We usually bring them home about August 1st and go on sorghum. They will stay on sorghum and crop residue hopefully until some time in December. This is a critical time for cow management because I want top milk production and I want them bred back quickly. </p><p>About the first of the year the cows will be on silage and haulage for three months. The calves will be given a portable feeder panel a a large corral. They will have their own silage, my best hay, and a coupl pounds of oats. They learn to like having their own space where they don't have th compete with the cow herd. </p><p> We wean at the end of February which mostly amounts to taking out the creep panel and shutting a gate on them. Calves are given second shots and back grounded for about a month before being sold. From weaning to pasture my cows are fed poorer roughage that I have. </p><p> Spring prices are usually higher for my calves but not always. I have had at least one year this didn't happen. My brothers spring calves sold for about $35 a hundred less than mine but part of this is is where we happen to be in the cattle cycle. </p><p> One problem that has given me trouble has been pneumonia in 200-300 lb. calves in early Nov. on previously unstressed calves. </p><p> I have plenty of time in the winter to spend with my cows and I enjoy it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Waterway65, post: 1422529, member: 22313"] I have had a fall calving herd for about ten years in western SD. We calve mid August through September. A friend once told me it wasn't a sin to check cows in a air conditioned cab. We have little calving trouble having only pulled two calves in the last ten years on a 100 cow herd. Are land is nearly all hay and crop so I want the dry cows out on someone else's pasture as early as possible in the spring so I can concentrate on the land. We usually bring them home about August 1st and go on sorghum. They will stay on sorghum and crop residue hopefully until some time in December. This is a critical time for cow management because I want top milk production and I want them bred back quickly. About the first of the year the cows will be on silage and haulage for three months. The calves will be given a portable feeder panel a a large corral. They will have their own silage, my best hay, and a coupl pounds of oats. They learn to like having their own space where they don't have th compete with the cow herd. We wean at the end of February which mostly amounts to taking out the creep panel and shutting a gate on them. Calves are given second shots and back grounded for about a month before being sold. From weaning to pasture my cows are fed poorer roughage that I have. Spring prices are usually higher for my calves but not always. I have had at least one year this didn't happen. My brothers spring calves sold for about $35 a hundred less than mine but part of this is is where we happen to be in the cattle cycle. One problem that has given me trouble has been pneumonia in 200-300 lb. calves in early Nov. on previously unstressed calves. I have plenty of time in the winter to spend with my cows and I enjoy it. [/QUOTE]
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