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<blockquote data-quote="Texas PaPaw" data-source="post: 237492" data-attributes="member: 2905"><p>Ryan </p><p></p><p>You should have no problem weaning them at this age. Have weaned as early as 3 months & dairy bottle calves are usually weaned at around 2 months. They do need around a 16% protein feed at this age.</p><p></p><p>The lowest stress way to wean is fencline weaning where the calf only has a fence between it & mom for the first 3-4 days then gradually move mom farther away. Needless to say, the fence must be a good one. My preference is a barbed wire or net fence with a hot wire at least on the calf side or if the cattle are already trained to a hot wire, then a really hot 2 wire fence work well. Holding the calf in a dusty or muddy corral is not the best environment. A grass trap or pasture is best.</p><p></p><p>Good luck & happy trails.</p><p></p><p>Brock</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Texas PaPaw, post: 237492, member: 2905"] Ryan You should have no problem weaning them at this age. Have weaned as early as 3 months & dairy bottle calves are usually weaned at around 2 months. They do need around a 16% protein feed at this age. The lowest stress way to wean is fencline weaning where the calf only has a fence between it & mom for the first 3-4 days then gradually move mom farther away. Needless to say, the fence must be a good one. My preference is a barbed wire or net fence with a hot wire at least on the calf side or if the cattle are already trained to a hot wire, then a really hot 2 wire fence work well. Holding the calf in a dusty or muddy corral is not the best environment. A grass trap or pasture is best. Good luck & happy trails. Brock [/QUOTE]
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