iowafarmer":11vfbd9t said:He should be fine you should try get him on grain since he doesnt have milk. We buy 200lb claves that are weaned and we put them on all the hay they can eat anda little grain to give them extra nutrition and protien. I wouldnt let him jsut run on grass with the cows as he probably wont do as well since he will jsut have grass.
K2011":2ge1860u said:I'm just curious...How early can you wean a beef calf(being safe with no side effects-if his or her mother died) without giving him/her milk? 60 days is what I understand?
ANAZAZI":1fdqc3lm said:In beef op it is crucial that the mothercow do her work until 200 days.
msscamp":2hpktkpc said:K2011":2hpktkpc said:I'm just curious...How early can you wean a beef calf(being safe with no side effects-if his or her mother died) without giving him/her milk? 60 days is what I understand?
A typical bottle calf is usually weaned at around 8 weeks of age, so I'm thinking that would be the youngest age a dam-raised calf could be weaned.
KNERSIE":7p73doev said:msscamp":7p73doev said:K2011":7p73doev said:I'm just curious...How early can you wean a beef calf(being safe with no side effects-if his or her mother died) without giving him/her milk? 60 days is what I understand?
A typical bottle calf is usually weaned at around 8 weeks of age, so I'm thinking that would be the youngest age a dam-raised calf could be weaned.
The main difference being a bottle calf is purposely started on grain at a very young age and only weaned if the grain intake is sufficient.
If you are going to wean any calf suckling his dam early (by early I mean younger than about 6 months) you also need to be prepared to feed accordingly and that might very well be counterproductive to making a profit under NORMAL circumstances. All is fair in a love and drought, though.
Has everyone lost sight of the premis if his or her mother died?K2011":2324jrmz said:I'm just curious...How early can you wean a beef calf(being safe with no side effects-if his or her mother died) without giving him/her milk? 60 days is what I understand?
dun":1qaac7ys said:Has everyone lost sight of the premis if his or her mother died?K2011":1qaac7ys said:I'm just curious...How early can you wean a beef calf(being safe with no side effects-if his or her mother died) without giving him/her milk? 60 days is what I understand?
I don't have an orphan calf....I was just curious as to how early you could wean them with no side effects
msscamp":2gv3gdql said:I cannot believe that anyone in their right mind would wean a dam raised calf at 60 days under normal conditions.