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<blockquote data-quote="DiamondSCattleCo" data-source="post: 348673" data-attributes="member: 2862"><p>I've read unsubstantiated (aka: gossip) reports in magazines for years that winter calving makes for larger calves due to feeding heavier during the late 2nd trimester and 3rd trimester. These larger calves then have trouble making the last movement into calving position and therefore more malpresentations.</p><p></p><p>I think its and all it is is bad management. Not knowing what your cows are capable of (if your cows can't have 100 lb calves, don't breed them to 100 lb BW bulls) and not knowing what your feed is (get feed analyses done and feed to the needs of the cow). Just plain old mismanagement. If it were the weather, how do those winter calving purebred operators get low 70lb BW calves?</p><p></p><p>Sometimes you'll get a bull that throws alot of inconsistent BW calves, and you'll end up with more malpresentations, but then you'd end up with that whether you were calving on grass or in pens in the dead of winter.</p><p></p><p>Rod</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DiamondSCattleCo, post: 348673, member: 2862"] I've read unsubstantiated (aka: gossip) reports in magazines for years that winter calving makes for larger calves due to feeding heavier during the late 2nd trimester and 3rd trimester. These larger calves then have trouble making the last movement into calving position and therefore more malpresentations. I think its and all it is is bad management. Not knowing what your cows are capable of (if your cows can't have 100 lb calves, don't breed them to 100 lb BW bulls) and not knowing what your feed is (get feed analyses done and feed to the needs of the cow). Just plain old mismanagement. If it were the weather, how do those winter calving purebred operators get low 70lb BW calves? Sometimes you'll get a bull that throws alot of inconsistent BW calves, and you'll end up with more malpresentations, but then you'd end up with that whether you were calving on grass or in pens in the dead of winter. Rod [/QUOTE]
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