PureCountry said:
Well it has been a little quiet on here lately. LOL No drama or fightin.
PPRM, I'm curious why you say you don't have time to winter calve. That's not a common statement, most say the opposite because they're in the field to much to spring calve. Do you work out in the winter? Just curious.
I work out all year round ;-}. I travel with my fulltime job and spend a lot of time doing deliveries of meat 3 hours away.
My haying I have contracted out. I don't personally "farm". Even at that, my cows have to pretty much do it on their own. I have come away with two thoughts from this. I like moderate birthwts. I suspect low birthwt is just selecting for shorter gestation. Just my thot.). Also, I feel like if I stop making excuses for cows, In the long run, I stop having to make excuses for them.
Given these conditions, The one thing the cow doesn't have much control over is freezing temps. I have to take those out of the equation.