Thread: Wagyu calves

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

ok i feel have to poke bit of hard earned wisdon here....hooking calf onto block and cow being towed is not ideal...the usual set up is cow in head bail and rope DOWN to ground behind her....so angle of delivery is downwards to help things go naturally.standing on rope tied firmly is often more than enough pressure....its all in the timing..... bugger going back to bull that gave issues year before....find something easier on the girls,they have hard enough time of it as it is..... more than enough heifers go gaga as it is without additional stress of traumatic calving...

We only put jersey AB to our heifers, never big beef or x bred. We only put bigger girls and older/ potential culls to beef. We were apparently the only ones having these massive wagyu calves. Everyone else using the same bulls had the stereotypical “little wagyu”