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Too early to wean?
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<blockquote data-quote="Katpau" data-source="post: 1613539" data-attributes="member: 9933"><p>Plenty of Ranchers routinely wean at 5 months. By that age they are not receiving much of their nutrition from the cow anyway. Like Jeanne said, it is much cheaper to feed the calf then it is to feed the pair. We begin calving the end of February and wean in Mid September. The oldest calves are 7 months, but there are usually a few closer to 5 months. I've noticed that weaning and feeding the calves seems to really help those younger smaller calves. The pastures are really poor by then and the older calves had the advantage of being older when pastures were still at their best. Those older calves gained at a faster rate and are way bigger, but once we wean and feed those calves better, the younger smaller ones will start to catch up.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Katpau, post: 1613539, member: 9933"] Plenty of Ranchers routinely wean at 5 months. By that age they are not receiving much of their nutrition from the cow anyway. Like Jeanne said, it is much cheaper to feed the calf then it is to feed the pair. We begin calving the end of February and wean in Mid September. The oldest calves are 7 months, but there are usually a few closer to 5 months. I've noticed that weaning and feeding the calves seems to really help those younger smaller calves. The pastures are really poor by then and the older calves had the advantage of being older when pastures were still at their best. Those older calves gained at a faster rate and are way bigger, but once we wean and feed those calves better, the younger smaller ones will start to catch up. [/QUOTE]
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