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<blockquote data-quote="Victoria" data-source="post: 377409" data-attributes="member: 1258"><p>What age do you wean your calves from their mothers? The longer you keep the calves on milk the better they will do. I typically will feed bottle babies for six months, I know it is not necessary they won't die if taken off earlier but if they are females they get kept in the herd and I want them looking as good as the rest and being psychologically normal too. It's expensive though and one reason I do everything possile to not have bottle calves. So you also have to look at the cost versus what you get in return and decide for yourself. The youngest we have weaned is just over four months on a steer who was always a little off and getting dangerous. I would keep them on until 4 months though and then continue supplementing them with grain.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Victoria, post: 377409, member: 1258"] What age do you wean your calves from their mothers? The longer you keep the calves on milk the better they will do. I typically will feed bottle babies for six months, I know it is not necessary they won't die if taken off earlier but if they are females they get kept in the herd and I want them looking as good as the rest and being psychologically normal too. It's expensive though and one reason I do everything possile to not have bottle calves. So you also have to look at the cost versus what you get in return and decide for yourself. The youngest we have weaned is just over four months on a steer who was always a little off and getting dangerous. I would keep them on until 4 months though and then continue supplementing them with grain. [/QUOTE]
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