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Worst calving season in 13 years
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<blockquote data-quote="snake67" data-source="post: 1013513" data-attributes="member: 17764"><p>Hello my friend</p><p></p><p>Throw this one in your bag of knowledge - <em>"tough winter and poor feed most often means big calves".</em></p><p></p><p>Do not know why, but it is about 95% true.</p><p></p><p>Our feed quality was very low this year due to the drought - I bought any kind of hay and any decent straw I could find - fed that with free choice mineral and all the corn fines I could get my hands on - and I knew right from the start it was only hardship rations for them.</p><p></p><p>We were fortunate this year even though every calf was born in a serious snow storm - to date we have lost none.</p><p></p><p>Dragged almost every new born calf to the shop along with mom - let them stay in there for about three days and a few calves came into the house to warm them up.</p><p></p><p>Had more panels rigged up in our 40x80 shop this year than ever before - every piece of equipment was outside in the snow and the cows were all taking turns living inside.</p><p></p><p>Oldest daughter came home and complained she had to use the front door because the back entrance always had calves in it and she could never open the door from the outside.</p><p></p><p>Had no calves under 100 pounds and we weight them all.</p><p></p><p>Had several dumb suckers that needed a start to get going. Big calves in bad weather also means you will get at least a couple dumb suckers. This year it seemed they all were!</p><p></p><p>I am so happy to be finished with calving - now we just need to get some grass to get them going. Towards the end of calving I was starting to wish I lived in the Thicket with CB - almost anything had to be better than calving in our area!</p><p></p><p>And I now have a good big job waiting for me - putting the shop back together!</p><p></p><p>Have a good one</p><p></p><p>Bez</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="snake67, post: 1013513, member: 17764"] Hello my friend Throw this one in your bag of knowledge - [i]"tough winter and poor feed most often means big calves".[/i] Do not know why, but it is about 95% true. Our feed quality was very low this year due to the drought - I bought any kind of hay and any decent straw I could find - fed that with free choice mineral and all the corn fines I could get my hands on - and I knew right from the start it was only hardship rations for them. We were fortunate this year even though every calf was born in a serious snow storm - to date we have lost none. Dragged almost every new born calf to the shop along with mom - let them stay in there for about three days and a few calves came into the house to warm them up. Had more panels rigged up in our 40x80 shop this year than ever before - every piece of equipment was outside in the snow and the cows were all taking turns living inside. Oldest daughter came home and complained she had to use the front door because the back entrance always had calves in it and she could never open the door from the outside. Had no calves under 100 pounds and we weight them all. Had several dumb suckers that needed a start to get going. Big calves in bad weather also means you will get at least a couple dumb suckers. This year it seemed they all were! I am so happy to be finished with calving - now we just need to get some grass to get them going. Towards the end of calving I was starting to wish I lived in the Thicket with CB - almost anything had to be better than calving in our area! And I now have a good big job waiting for me - putting the shop back together! Have a good one Bez [/QUOTE]
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