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<blockquote data-quote="Angus Cowman" data-source="post: 648899" data-attributes="member: 8829"><p>I believe George hit the nail on the head when he said his problemswere management problems I have fall calved for the last several yrs andI will probably never go back to spring calving</p><p></p><p>One of the keys to fall calving is to have all the calves on the ground by Oct. 25th and another I have found is to feed them mommas good quality hay when calving and have some stockpiled grasss to turn out on after calving</p><p></p><p>Most fall calves will wean about 50lbs lighter than a spring calf but after weaning turning them out on good grass in the May they will gain more weight on a daily basis with less inputs also you are able to hold onto your calves a little longer and get more gain if you feel it is neccesary </p><p></p><p>I weighed calves on March 31st and weaned them yesterday April 10th my avg weight was 535 for the the herd </p><p></p><p>I had 46 calves out of 1st calf heifers that I weighed seperately their avg wt was 465 which I alwys expect out of hfrs the avg age on both sets of calves is 196 days I haven't figured their adj 205 day weight yet </p><p></p><p>Fall herds take a different management approach than spring herds as for health problems I have always had less with a fall herd than a spring herd becasue we usually don't have as much weather fluctuatons while calving </p><p></p><p></p><p>Good Luck George</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Angus Cowman, post: 648899, member: 8829"] I believe George hit the nail on the head when he said his problemswere management problems I have fall calved for the last several yrs andI will probably never go back to spring calving One of the keys to fall calving is to have all the calves on the ground by Oct. 25th and another I have found is to feed them mommas good quality hay when calving and have some stockpiled grasss to turn out on after calving Most fall calves will wean about 50lbs lighter than a spring calf but after weaning turning them out on good grass in the May they will gain more weight on a daily basis with less inputs also you are able to hold onto your calves a little longer and get more gain if you feel it is neccesary I weighed calves on March 31st and weaned them yesterday April 10th my avg weight was 535 for the the herd I had 46 calves out of 1st calf heifers that I weighed seperately their avg wt was 465 which I alwys expect out of hfrs the avg age on both sets of calves is 196 days I haven't figured their adj 205 day weight yet Fall herds take a different management approach than spring herds as for health problems I have always had less with a fall herd than a spring herd becasue we usually don't have as much weather fluctuatons while calving Good Luck George [/QUOTE]
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