Monopoly calving experiences?

[kjd farms]

We have our Monopoly calves due in the next week or more and we are wondering what the Monopoly calving experiences have been like.

Are they coming early, on time, or late?

What kind of birthweights are you seeing?

Calving ease?  Are they the right shape to calve out easily?

Thanks in advance for your answers.

 

[DavidSinclair]

We had 14 last spring. Most were on time with few if any problems. We use him on mature cows with plenty of power. He didn’t add enough muscle for us – we bred 4 back that way but he does calve like a dream compared to his dad.

 

[kjd farms]

Just had our first one today, he was 5 days early, no big deal.

Cow fussed a lot and we pulled it with the calving jack, not a tough pull, but there was lot of calf.  I jacked until about 6 inches left on the shaft.

Calf was up quick, it's about -5 celsius here today, so that's a help.  I would estimate the calf at 100 lbs.