Cows are idiots. They get stressed by weather and start dropping calves like crazy. And they just freeze to the ground. We’ve bred out all the good survival genes in exchange for fat genes.
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Do you bring the pregger cows closer to the barn/house when you know there is going to be crappy weather that might make them pop out calves?
There was a surprise blizzard in the 70's or 80's around this time of the year and gramp's couldn't get to his cows for a day or two. I saw a picture of the piles of dead calves.
I assume that weather forecasting advances over the last 40 years make this less likely.