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<blockquote data-quote="farmerjan" data-source="post: 1841682" data-attributes="member: 25884"><p>Yes, they will dry up if the calves are older and bigger... I now usually only raise one set on my nurse cows... leave them to 6-8 months old... easier and they have good growth. By then, the calves are eating alot of grass/hay and the cow's milk will slack off so weaning and letting her go dry is not usually a problem. Especially if she is bred back, nature does just like with the beef cows. If you are feeding them like a dairy cow with lots of feed/protein/etc and pushing them like on a dairy, it will be a little harder to get them to dry up.... but in just grass/pasture they should dry up without too much problem. </p><p>With Gail, if you wean off the calves, she could get milked once a day if they wanted milk and that would gradually slow her production also... then just quit milking her so she gets a dry period of at least 2 months.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="farmerjan, post: 1841682, member: 25884"] Yes, they will dry up if the calves are older and bigger... I now usually only raise one set on my nurse cows... leave them to 6-8 months old... easier and they have good growth. By then, the calves are eating alot of grass/hay and the cow's milk will slack off so weaning and letting her go dry is not usually a problem. Especially if she is bred back, nature does just like with the beef cows. If you are feeding them like a dairy cow with lots of feed/protein/etc and pushing them like on a dairy, it will be a little harder to get them to dry up.... but in just grass/pasture they should dry up without too much problem. With Gail, if you wean off the calves, she could get milked once a day if they wanted milk and that would gradually slow her production also... then just quit milking her so she gets a dry period of at least 2 months. [/QUOTE]
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