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<blockquote data-quote="farmerjan" data-source="post: 1434349" data-attributes="member: 25884"><p>Ranchman90: I find that if I raise the calves on the cows they are in the 500 lb range at 7-10 months. Depends on the size at birth, some are 40 lbs and some 60, and how long I keep them on the cow. The past few years I have only raised 1 "set" of calves per lactation, so they usually have 3 or 4 calves. I like them to be 400 at least when I wean at 7-8 months. I do creep feed them so to speak, but not a self creep but actually feeding them a couple of times a week. I only feed 2-3 lbs per calf of a 17% stocker feed with a little 14% sweet calf feed mixed in for the draw of the sweet feed. Took a holstein steer that I put on a beef heifer when hers died, and it didn't look like she had much milk and he weighed 600 at 7 months. He stood way taller than the beef calves on the other first calf heifers and was about 200 lbs bigger than they were.</p><p> Had a jersey that I didn't pull til he was about 10-11 months since I had trouble getting the cow bred back, there were 3 calves then I pulled one at 5 months as I could see her milk was dropping, left 2 on her; and the jersey steer, weighed about 600 and the other, jersey angus heifer weighed about 500. The better milking cows will naturally wean a bigger set of calves.</p><p>They all get some pretty decent grass and the cow gets grained for at least the first 4 or more months to keep her production up and her in a positive energy balance so she can breed back. Once I am pretty sure she is bred, I will cut the grain back or stop it all together as long as the grass is good. I also will usually have a roll of hay available even with good grass and the dairy cows seem to eat it more than any of the beef heifers. </p><p>Let's face it, I am asking them to wean off 1200 lbs of "calf" per lactation. They need the extra due to their physical makeup and the demands I am putting on them. The calves will also spend some time at the hay but I don't see them getting alot. It does help to firm up the real green grass effects.</p><p>Not for everybody, but since I don't have my own dairy, and I like my dairy cows, had to find a way to make it work and not be a losing proposition financially.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="farmerjan, post: 1434349, member: 25884"] Ranchman90: I find that if I raise the calves on the cows they are in the 500 lb range at 7-10 months. Depends on the size at birth, some are 40 lbs and some 60, and how long I keep them on the cow. The past few years I have only raised 1 "set" of calves per lactation, so they usually have 3 or 4 calves. I like them to be 400 at least when I wean at 7-8 months. I do creep feed them so to speak, but not a self creep but actually feeding them a couple of times a week. I only feed 2-3 lbs per calf of a 17% stocker feed with a little 14% sweet calf feed mixed in for the draw of the sweet feed. Took a holstein steer that I put on a beef heifer when hers died, and it didn't look like she had much milk and he weighed 600 at 7 months. He stood way taller than the beef calves on the other first calf heifers and was about 200 lbs bigger than they were. Had a jersey that I didn't pull til he was about 10-11 months since I had trouble getting the cow bred back, there were 3 calves then I pulled one at 5 months as I could see her milk was dropping, left 2 on her; and the jersey steer, weighed about 600 and the other, jersey angus heifer weighed about 500. The better milking cows will naturally wean a bigger set of calves. They all get some pretty decent grass and the cow gets grained for at least the first 4 or more months to keep her production up and her in a positive energy balance so she can breed back. Once I am pretty sure she is bred, I will cut the grain back or stop it all together as long as the grass is good. I also will usually have a roll of hay available even with good grass and the dairy cows seem to eat it more than any of the beef heifers. Let's face it, I am asking them to wean off 1200 lbs of "calf" per lactation. They need the extra due to their physical makeup and the demands I am putting on them. The calves will also spend some time at the hay but I don't see them getting alot. It does help to firm up the real green grass effects. Not for everybody, but since I don't have my own dairy, and I like my dairy cows, had to find a way to make it work and not be a losing proposition financially. [/QUOTE]
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