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Drying off fall calvers
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<blockquote data-quote="farmerjan" data-source="post: 1396111" data-attributes="member: 25884"><p>Switch the cows to the coarser less protein hay about 1-2 weeks before you pull the calves, give the calves the good hay in the field behind the creep gate. Get them to where they would rather eat over there than with momma. She will start to slow down a little and the calves will eat more rather than still get quite so much milk, but at that point they ought to be slowing down a little before you pull the calves. When do you sell and how early in the fall do you calve? If you calve in Sept then the calves are about 6+ months at weaning? How big a milkers are your cows? If you are concerned about them drying up with no problems, then switch hay a little sooner. If the calves are eating good, then switching the cows a couple weeks before weaning won't hurt the calves.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="farmerjan, post: 1396111, member: 25884"] Switch the cows to the coarser less protein hay about 1-2 weeks before you pull the calves, give the calves the good hay in the field behind the creep gate. Get them to where they would rather eat over there than with momma. She will start to slow down a little and the calves will eat more rather than still get quite so much milk, but at that point they ought to be slowing down a little before you pull the calves. When do you sell and how early in the fall do you calve? If you calve in Sept then the calves are about 6+ months at weaning? How big a milkers are your cows? If you are concerned about them drying up with no problems, then switch hay a little sooner. If the calves are eating good, then switching the cows a couple weeks before weaning won't hurt the calves. [/QUOTE]
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