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<blockquote data-quote="Chocolate Cow2" data-source="post: 1499820" data-attributes="member: 32644"><p>Coosh71-I have a fall herd. The weather conditions you talk about are identical to mine. No rain here since Oct 6, 2017. I weaned my fall calves close to a month ago. They were born in Sept and Oct of '17. All the heifers are going to town soon. The steers will be kept as grassers IF we get rain. Otherwise-I'll go to plan B, whatever that is at the time. IF I were you-I'd wean all the calves. Take the pressure off the cows. It seems like trying to gather cows is harder if some have calves on them and some don't. If the drought continues, you have options on those weaned heifers. Send them away or take them to town as weaned, vaccinated, open heifers. I don't keep any fall heifers as replacements. My fall herd is a 'second and last chance' for open or late young females from my Spring herd. Just my 2cents.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Chocolate Cow2, post: 1499820, member: 32644"] Coosh71-I have a fall herd. The weather conditions you talk about are identical to mine. No rain here since Oct 6, 2017. I weaned my fall calves close to a month ago. They were born in Sept and Oct of '17. All the heifers are going to town soon. The steers will be kept as grassers IF we get rain. Otherwise-I'll go to plan B, whatever that is at the time. IF I were you-I'd wean all the calves. Take the pressure off the cows. It seems like trying to gather cows is harder if some have calves on them and some don't. If the drought continues, you have options on those weaned heifers. Send them away or take them to town as weaned, vaccinated, open heifers. I don't keep any fall heifers as replacements. My fall herd is a 'second and last chance' for open or late young females from my Spring herd. Just my 2cents. [/QUOTE]
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