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Drying off fall calvers
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<blockquote data-quote="farmerjan" data-source="post: 1396523" data-attributes="member: 25884"><p>Most dairymen that I milk test for switch to an all coarse hay diet, cut out any silage/grain, and cut back to once a day milking for their heavy milkers for at least a week. At no time do any of them here take away the water. And they will often skip a milking, then milk the cow out and dry treat her. But the key is an all rough hay diet where they are not getting any feed that is "making milk". So with a beef cow, feeding her a lower "quality" hay would be the first step. Unless the cows are real big milkers, they should dry up pretty easily after the first 24 hours of hollering for their babies.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="farmerjan, post: 1396523, member: 25884"] Most dairymen that I milk test for switch to an all coarse hay diet, cut out any silage/grain, and cut back to once a day milking for their heavy milkers for at least a week. At no time do any of them here take away the water. And they will often skip a milking, then milk the cow out and dry treat her. But the key is an all rough hay diet where they are not getting any feed that is "making milk". So with a beef cow, feeding her a lower "quality" hay would be the first step. Unless the cows are real big milkers, they should dry up pretty easily after the first 24 hours of hollering for their babies. [/QUOTE]
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