how much does it weight?

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i can not find the chart that was in a countryside mag. it told you how to measure the animal to get a guess on its weight, does anyone have it?

-- renee oneill (oneillsr@home.com), July 16, 2000

Answers

Renee: What are you trying to weigh?

-- Ken Scharabok (scharabo@aol.com), July 16, 2000.

sorry forgot that cows, hogs and goats. the chart had all different animals i think even horses, you took measurments around the girth and could figure the weight.

-- renee oneill (oneillsr@home.com), July 16, 2000.

testing again.

-- Gerbil (ima_gerbil@hotmail.com), July 17, 2000.

Renee, I don't know where the chart is, but you can buy tapes for each type of animal. You should be able to find them at your feed store or farm supply. You do need the specific tape for what you're measuring, I believe there are different tapes for beef calves and dairy calves. for example. You might check with your vet, other breeders, or someone in 4H or FFA. They might have tapes you can borrow.

I use the Two Foot rule of thumb to estimate animals' weights. Stand next to the animal until it puts its foot on yours. Then estimate the weight as "heavy", "really heavy", "really, really heavy", and "I can't drive myself to the hospital". Gerbil

-- Gerbil (ima_gerbil@hotmail.com), July 17, 2000.


Renee: I sent this to you via e-mail while the service was down but will post answer for the others. Out of one of my reference books:

Cattle, goats & sheep. Measure girth (distance around the body) behind the front legs at skin level (not outside hair or wool). Measure the distance from the front of the breast (not dewlap) to the base of the tail. Multiply girth times girth (girth squared) times length and divide by 300, which gives pounds.

Horses: Same procedure but divide by 400 and add 50 pounds.

Pigs: Get length from between ears to base of tail. Same formula from there for cattle, goats and sheep.

These will be only approximate, plus or minus a couple of percent. Try the first one on your family dog, then weigh it and see how close it is.

-- Ken Scharabok (scharabo@aol.com), July 17, 2000.



Renee - The article you are looking for is on page 102 in the September of 1998 issue. Hope this helps.

-- Betsy (betsyk@pathwaynet.com), July 17, 2000.

Gerbil has the answer - tapes! Cheap and effective. Testing Gerbil! GL!

-- Brad (Homefixer@SacoRiver.net), July 17, 2000.

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