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<blockquote data-quote="Keren" data-source="post: 559527" data-attributes="member: 3195"><p>msscamp, you know I luv ya, but lots of people here the last two years have weaned early and were in their right minds. </p><p></p><p>The drought has been going on here for 6 years. </p><p></p><p>Producing milk from feed or grass is less efficient than producing meat from feed or grass. So if you are handfeeding (as many are here) or have not much pasture, it is a better use of resources to wean the calves and feed the cows and calves separately, than to feed them together. There is a science behind it and I cant remember off the top of my head, but to (for example) maintain the cow weight and have the calves growing at 0.5 - 1.0 kg a day, you need less feed if feeding them separately than if you were feeding them together with the calves still suckling. </p><p></p><p>To answer the original question, many here wean successfully at 6 weeks. Some have weaned at 4 weeks. The younger the animal is, the harder it is to do it successfully, and the better your managerial skills need to be.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Keren, post: 559527, member: 3195"] msscamp, you know I luv ya, but lots of people here the last two years have weaned early and were in their right minds. The drought has been going on here for 6 years. Producing milk from feed or grass is less efficient than producing meat from feed or grass. So if you are handfeeding (as many are here) or have not much pasture, it is a better use of resources to wean the calves and feed the cows and calves separately, than to feed them together. There is a science behind it and I cant remember off the top of my head, but to (for example) maintain the cow weight and have the calves growing at 0.5 - 1.0 kg a day, you need less feed if feeding them separately than if you were feeding them together with the calves still suckling. To answer the original question, many here wean successfully at 6 weeks. Some have weaned at 4 weeks. The younger the animal is, the harder it is to do it successfully, and the better your managerial skills need to be. [/QUOTE]
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