2 weeks late or 1 week early

[P-F]

I had a cow calve Yesterday, Calf is 85 lbs, She is either 2 weeks late or 1 week early.

She was due the Feb 19th to climax we turnd Chance (blue Roan)  in 6-1 her return date was 6-3 for a March 12th she calves march 5th
Calf is solid black with a little white on the under line

I would have expected the calf to be bigger if it was that late

Any thoughts

 

[GLZ]

Do Climax calves normally come that "small".  I thought they tended to come a little bigger.  297 days gestations would be pretty long. 

 

[P-F]

Well I just looked at her calving record
1st calf by Maximus Due 2/10 calves 2/19  80 pounds
2nd calf Salution Due 3/9 Calves 3/16 72pound
3rd calf Climax Due 2/19 Calves 3/5 85 pounds

All 3 heifers
 

 

[kanshow]

DNA...   

We've had several calves that have been in that late or early? window this year. 

 

[GLZ]

Well I just looked at her calving record
1st calf by Maximus Due 2/10 calves 2/19  80 pounds
2nd calf Salution Due 3/9 Calves 3/16 72pound
3rd calf Climax Due 2/19 Calves 3/5 85 pounds

All 3 heifers
 

She seems to like them late. 

 

[ruhtram]

I have a cow that likes them late. I hate the guessing game of calving. lol

 

[sunny]

Several years ago we had a lim x angus cow AI bred to a roan shorthorn bull.  When she was 16 days past the AI due date and still hadn't calved I was resigned to the fact that she would have a calf by the angus cleanup bull.  Surprised was an understatement when she had a 94 lb red neck roan on the twentieth day over her due date!