Stimw, I will have to graciously disagree. I keep pretty detailed records on my herd as well as having the notebooks that Dad and Grandad had. I've not found any correlation between weather conditions and parturition(birthing). It's a "fruit won't fall till its ripe" sort of thing. I think they pregnant women to go to the hospital ahead of a storm is the roads may be closed or impassible during or after a storm. There is a relationship between lunar(moon) phases and animal behavior my notes don't show a connection between particular lunar phase and calving. HOWEVER, because lunar phases, more correctly zodiac signs or "sign of the moon" as it relates to animals body can be used to acheive a particular behavior. Long story even longer. If I have a bunch of pigs or calves that I plan to castrate, dehorn, dock tails, wean etc the best behavior for them after the procedure would be to lay around, relax and recover. I would choose a time frame(zodiac sign) moving from the hips to the knees into the feet. As opposed to a time frame in the bowels or intestine (causes diarrihea) or in the head which causes them to bawl or squeal hour after hour.
