Stocker Steve
Well-known member
Have you seen any benfits with early weaning with smaller heifers? I am thinking about weaning calves at 9 to 12 weeks for two of them. They are about 950 pound wf heifers and raising a big calf on improved pasture.
Stocker Steve":42n3uk4z said:Giving them a fair chance sounds like a practical approach. I had one heavy milking simi/herf heifer like that last year - - she weaned an 800 pound calf but never grew much, and then calved right at the start of her second season.
Knersie - What percent of your bred heifers get culled before their second calf?