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Re: Winter calving? Why?
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Posted by kyhayman on February 15, 2006 at 17:59:13 from (64.12.116.74):
In Reply to: Winter calving? Why? posted by IaGary on February 15, 2006 at 13:52:33:
Our weather is far from as brutal as it is in the Dakota's but I am a firm believer in winter calving. The worst possible conditions for a new born is 33 degrees and raining, unless its 30 degrees and freezing rain. Typically, we get very little of this from Christmas to mid/late Feb. Before that (from Thanksgiving) is freezing rain season, after mid Feb its rain and mud. I had 9 calve this past weekend, in the 20's and snowing. All 9 hit the ground 'running'. Only thing better would have been if it had been a little colder earlier to kill the mud under the snow. I calve outside without shelter. Yes, I lose calves. Last winter was warm and wet, my death loss was up in the 8% range b/c of the mud. Normally, gaining 2# per day on the cow that extra 2 months of age at selling equals 60# additional calf to sell on each one. 10 of these equals one 600# calf lost. For me, forget hot weather calving. Flies, cows get too hot, calves get stress, ugh. Its got to get to the low single digets for it to be really dangerous on the calves (hypothermia before nursing). We rarely get that for any lenght of time. All my calving is outdoors, on pasture, limited shelter (land is rolling so there are some natural windbreaks).
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