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<blockquote data-quote="Anonymous" data-source="post: 14881"><p>If they are in good body condition and have bred back, unless you are very short of feed I would leave them on the cows. I know there are proponents of early weaning as a common practice, but in my opinion, and it is only an opinion, the calves are much more socially adjusted if left with the herd for a longer period. If they are going down the road at weaning it doesn't matter, but for replacment heifers, or even steers you plan on keeping around I prefer them to interact better with the rest of the herd. The market right now in most areas is pretty much down the dumper, early weaning and selling at weaning isn't going to bring in many dollars. Early weaning and keeping them will require much higher quality feed and creep feeding for the newly weaned calves, it may help the cows grow a little faster, but at what cost in dollars. Especially since the cows will eventually pretty well catch up in growth with everyone else anyway. If the cows are in poor body condition and won;t breed back something shoudl be done to get them in condition and get them settled. But, unless you want to switch them to fall calving it's a little late this year to get them bred for spring calving. As I said, MY opinions. There are so many variables that go into any breeding/calving decision, unless you are actually on the ground it's hard to advise.</p><p></p><p>dunmovin farms</p><p></p><p>> Thanks for the info. I'm glad to</p><p>> hear these 2 stand a chance of</p><p>> catching up with the others. Their</p><p>> calves are big and healthy. I'm</p><p>> wondering if it would be a good</p><p>> idea to early wean the 2 calves at</p><p>> 4 months? Or would it make any</p><p>> difference if I waited a couple of</p><p>> months to wean them? Thanks again</p><p>> for the imput.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 14881"] If they are in good body condition and have bred back, unless you are very short of feed I would leave them on the cows. I know there are proponents of early weaning as a common practice, but in my opinion, and it is only an opinion, the calves are much more socially adjusted if left with the herd for a longer period. If they are going down the road at weaning it doesn't matter, but for replacment heifers, or even steers you plan on keeping around I prefer them to interact better with the rest of the herd. The market right now in most areas is pretty much down the dumper, early weaning and selling at weaning isn't going to bring in many dollars. Early weaning and keeping them will require much higher quality feed and creep feeding for the newly weaned calves, it may help the cows grow a little faster, but at what cost in dollars. Especially since the cows will eventually pretty well catch up in growth with everyone else anyway. If the cows are in poor body condition and won;t breed back something shoudl be done to get them in condition and get them settled. But, unless you want to switch them to fall calving it's a little late this year to get them bred for spring calving. As I said, MY opinions. There are so many variables that go into any breeding/calving decision, unless you are actually on the ground it's hard to advise. dunmovin farms > Thanks for the info. I'm glad to > hear these 2 stand a chance of > catching up with the others. Their > calves are big and healthy. I'm > wondering if it would be a good > idea to early wean the 2 calves at > 4 months? Or would it make any > difference if I waited a couple of > months to wean them? Thanks again > for the imput. [/QUOTE]
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