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<blockquote data-quote="Lovegoodstock" data-source="post: 3070094" data-attributes="member: 42646"><p>Losses don't include wrong in the bag ewes killed and empty cows killed. Lambing ewe lambs would have 10 per cent ish empty, would never lose those. Would lose a few lambs between coming down and lambing, probably 12 during or straight after lambing. Shawn in autumn and may so little trouble on backs, no twin lamb with ewe lambs, fluke cows as they come in and sheep once pre lambing, don't have a major issue. Lamb losses on the ewe lambs would depend on the scanning, if awfully high like 150 per cent for ewe lambs, I want 105, it would be quite a few hundred, anything small is gone, many twins left out overnight are singles by morning, maybe not ethically right but the lambs/ theaves will fall by the wayside if too many twins. Funnily enough I use far from easy calving bulls, but I guess I have 210/215 to calve a year and would only miss about 10 births, and that's only down to misjudgement, had easiest calving year last year for some unknown reason, same cows, bulls, feeding. Keep cows lean pre calving, which is not everyones cup of tea but suits my cows, enduce anything that has been bagged up for three days, sometimes two and the bones, or ligaments are not altering on the back end, the ones that hang on are the problem ones. The other year had rotovirus, think 5 years ago, huge expense and must have lost 20/25. Not always great, but when you have a good year can you not say? Lost one cow in who; year until this week, now 2 more!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lovegoodstock, post: 3070094, member: 42646"] Losses don't include wrong in the bag ewes killed and empty cows killed. Lambing ewe lambs would have 10 per cent ish empty, would never lose those. Would lose a few lambs between coming down and lambing, probably 12 during or straight after lambing. Shawn in autumn and may so little trouble on backs, no twin lamb with ewe lambs, fluke cows as they come in and sheep once pre lambing, don't have a major issue. Lamb losses on the ewe lambs would depend on the scanning, if awfully high like 150 per cent for ewe lambs, I want 105, it would be quite a few hundred, anything small is gone, many twins left out overnight are singles by morning, maybe not ethically right but the lambs/ theaves will fall by the wayside if too many twins. Funnily enough I use far from easy calving bulls, but I guess I have 210/215 to calve a year and would only miss about 10 births, and that's only down to misjudgement, had easiest calving year last year for some unknown reason, same cows, bulls, feeding. Keep cows lean pre calving, which is not everyones cup of tea but suits my cows, enduce anything that has been bagged up for three days, sometimes two and the bones, or ligaments are not altering on the back end, the ones that hang on are the problem ones. The other year had rotovirus, think 5 years ago, huge expense and must have lost 20/25. Not always great, but when you have a good year can you not say? Lost one cow in who; year until this week, now 2 more!! [/QUOTE]
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