It depends on if they sell the calves or keep them. I finish all of my own calves myself. So I time most of mine for early May. That way the cow has good grass to milk well with. Plus it is warmer too.
The early calving guys usually are trying for bigger fall calves to sell. They usually start in mid- late march. We do not have the mud issue you do. The ground around here is usually pretty well drained.
Feb. around here is just too cold and makes for way more work to keep the calves alive.
I bought about 25 cow a few years ago. The guy selling them was complaining of how he was losing so many calves. He was listening to the experts that said to calve in Feb. He was losing 25% of his calves. I moved the group back to May and have not lost one calf in the three years I have had them.
I am not an early calf type of guy. Why stress the calf and cow by calving when the weather has a good chance of being bad???? Plus if you do get the calf to live then you have to have better and more feed to keep the cow in shape.
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