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<blockquote data-quote="mjnetex" data-source="post: 761539" data-attributes="member: 13948"><p>Just curious--does anybody else wean their calves gradually? I separate the calves and cows</p><p>in the morning, let the cows in so the calves nurse late afternoon, repeat in early AM, then </p><p>late afternoon, by now the calves are bawling very little, most of them have</p><p>figured out that mama's coming back (they are within a few yards but there are</p><p>two fences in between), I do this for three or four days, then cut them to one nursing a day, </p><p>wean completely after letting them nurse once a day for three or four days,</p><p>the cows and calves show virtually no stress, of course my house</p><p>is not far from the barn/corral, so it's easy for me. I started this years ago because</p><p>I had some dairy-cross cows that might get mastitis if they were not tapered off. The </p><p>first calf mamas learn the routine of entering/leaving the corral (the latter for cubes, of course) </p><p>from the older cows, it's really easy.</p><p>Anybody else do this gradual weaning?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mjnetex, post: 761539, member: 13948"] Just curious--does anybody else wean their calves gradually? I separate the calves and cows in the morning, let the cows in so the calves nurse late afternoon, repeat in early AM, then late afternoon, by now the calves are bawling very little, most of them have figured out that mama's coming back (they are within a few yards but there are two fences in between), I do this for three or four days, then cut them to one nursing a day, wean completely after letting them nurse once a day for three or four days, the cows and calves show virtually no stress, of course my house is not far from the barn/corral, so it's easy for me. I started this years ago because I had some dairy-cross cows that might get mastitis if they were not tapered off. The first calf mamas learn the routine of entering/leaving the corral (the latter for cubes, of course) from the older cows, it's really easy. Anybody else do this gradual weaning? [/QUOTE]
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