Feed at Night: Calve During the Day

[Steve123]

I came across this article and wanted to see if anyone was having success with the Konefal Feeding System getting cows to calve during the day. My feed man mentioned it but I had never heard of anyone doing it. He recommended feeding one time per day at 6 pm.

https://www.agdaily.com/livestock/sdsu-feed-night-calve-day/

 

[mbigelow]

During the girst part of calving in the fall we feed at 5pm when i get home from work.  For the most part calves are born during the day. In the later part of the calving season we switch with the ti.e change and feed in the morning.  We see more night calving then.  My cousin liked to feed midday and thought it worked better than feeding first thing in the mornings..