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Early Weaning due to poor BCS
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<blockquote data-quote="bncsimps" data-source="post: 606981" data-attributes="member: 6471"><p>I'm not sure I have this posted in the right area but I will give it a shot anyway.</p><p>We have a 3 y/o Black Angus cow that calved in mid Sept 08; since then we noticed</p><p>that she's lost quite a bit of body conditioning...she's eating plenty of hay and seems healthy</p><p>otherwise. She's raising a good looking calf and the calf appears to be healthy. We do not plan to retain this particular calf and will be taking her among others to the sale in the spring. My question is whether or not we should pull the calf off of the cow to get her back to where she needs to be before breeding her back later this winter? Will it hurt to pull the calf this early??</p><p></p><p>Second question same topic: If weaning the calf early isn't a viable option...what other options do we have in getting the cow back to an acceptable body coditioning? Looking forward to reading your responses.</p><p></p><p>BKS</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bncsimps, post: 606981, member: 6471"] I'm not sure I have this posted in the right area but I will give it a shot anyway. We have a 3 y/o Black Angus cow that calved in mid Sept 08; since then we noticed that she's lost quite a bit of body conditioning...she's eating plenty of hay and seems healthy otherwise. She's raising a good looking calf and the calf appears to be healthy. We do not plan to retain this particular calf and will be taking her among others to the sale in the spring. My question is whether or not we should pull the calf off of the cow to get her back to where she needs to be before breeding her back later this winter? Will it hurt to pull the calf this early?? Second question same topic: If weaning the calf early isn't a viable option...what other options do we have in getting the cow back to an acceptable body coditioning? Looking forward to reading your responses. BKS [/QUOTE]
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