FORM 2 WEANING WORKSHEET
| GENERAL: | A | Complete the boxes as follows for each type of information. |
| B | Calves from a calving season should be weighed within 7 days of one another to obtain the largest possible contemporary groups for calculating adjusted weaning weight ratios. | |
| CALF’S INFORMATION: | Calf PHN -Calf’s Private Herd Number. | |
| REGISTRATION NUMBER -Calf’s registration number on file at the ABBA office. | ||
| WEANING DATA: | CHANGE SEX? -change sex to steer if (and only if) calf was castrated a significant amount of time prior to weaning. | |
| WEIGH DATE -Date calf weighed at weaning. Calves from a calving season should be weighed within a 7 day period (MM/DD/YY). | ||
| WEIGHT -Weaning Weight. (Actual calf’s weight taken between 160 and 250 days of age. Animals weighed outside this age span will be marked irregular for weaning ratio.) | ||
| WEANING MANAGEMENT CODE -Weaning Management Type (formerly called Feed Code). (1=Own Dam, No Creep,2=Own Dam, with Creep, 3=Raised on Foster Dam, 4=On Show Ration) | ||
| GROUP CODE -Calf’s Weaning Group. (1=Group 1, 2=Group 2, 3=Group 3, etc. Maximum 2 characters) Assign a different group number for each group of calves treated differently. | ||
| SURVIVAL -If calf is already weaning aged at time of reporting calf to ABBA, use this field to indicate status of calf. | ||
| HIP HEIGHT -Calf’s hip height measurement (inches). | ||
| TEMPERAMENT SCORE -Overall Temperament of calf indicating disposition. (1=Excellent, 5=Poor) | ||
| CONFORMATION SCORE - Overall Conformation of calf based on skeletal soundness, composition & genetic potential (1=Worst, 17=Best) | ||
BIRTH CONT. ID -Computer generated, sequentially assigned letter identifying
birth contemporary group.
BIRTH CONT. # HEAD -Number of calves (within calf crop) ratiod together in contemporary group.