Well, I'm almost through the first calving season of the other herd I manage, a Piedmontese herd. First one unassisted, next two on July 1st and 4th were really bad dystocia. We have limited vet coverege here, cattle with bad attitudes and limited facilities. It looked like we were going to need a bunch of C Sections, the decision was made to send them to the Vet Hospital. I have read a lot about calving difficulty in these myostatin/double muscled breeds. The breeder they came from swears that if you don't overfeed them then you won't have problems. Trouble is, her recommendation is very subjective. What she considers average pasture isn't what I consider it to be. She swears that putting them on a very limited diet will cause them to calve without assistance. Everyone else I talk to doesn't like the idea of having to put the cow on a controlled starvation diet to be able to perform.