Stocker Steve
Well-known member
If the calves are inside the corral looking for a hole, and the cows are outside the corral gate making a lot of noise - - does this qualify as "fence line weaning" ?
Tim/South":2ro1brcx said:Yes. I am weaning through a pen this year.
Absolutely!! This is the preferred way that we wean! Like others have mentioned above, I would rather have corral boards separating my weanling calves than wire fencing! We are weaning several this way right now!Stocker Steve":22q3rv6t said:If the calves are inside the corral looking for a hole, and the cows are outside the corral gate making a lot of noise - - does this qualify as "fence line weaning" ?
Stocker Steve":1xakiekt said:If the calves are inside the corral looking for a hole, and the cows are outside the corral gate making a lot of noise - - does this qualify as "fence line weaning" ?
mjnetex":2nc7bx4w said:Is there anybody out there that weans "gradually", or am I just really weird? I "fence-line" wean but for about three days I let the cows in twice a day (after the calves nurse and they lick on them a bit the cows leave the corral readily for a few cubes, they know the routine), then let the calves nurse once a day for four or five days...
some calves bawl not at all, the worst only bawl some the first night or when switching from twice to once. Since my house is quite close to the corral, and I can't stand to hear them bawl, I really like doing it this way. Years ago I had dairy-cross cows that would sometimes get mastitis if the calf was weaned too abruptly--that's how I got this idea. I know it won't work if you are weaning more than a few at a time.
May be a good way to do it, but to me it's seems it might be more stressful, i don't know.mjnetex":3aj89jhc said:Is there anybody out there that weans "gradually", or am I just really weird? I "fence-line" wean but for about three days I let the cows in twice a day (after the calves nurse and they lick on them a bit the cows leave the corral readily for a few cubes, they know the routine), then let the calves nurse once a day for four or five days...
some calves bawl not at all, the worst only bawl some the first night or when switching from twice to once. Since my house is quite close to the corral, and I can't stand to hear them bawl, I really like doing it this way. Years ago I had dairy-cross cows that would sometimes get mastitis if the calf was weaned too abruptly--that's how I got this idea. I know it won't work if you are weaning more than a few at a time.
Sounds like a more stressful way to do it to me. Prolonging the inevitable.mjnetex":jk649aea said:Is there anybody out there that weans "gradually", or am I just really weird? I "fence-line" wean but for about three days I let the cows in twice a day (after the calves nurse and they lick on them a bit the cows leave the corral readily for a few cubes, they know the routine), then let the calves nurse once a day for four or five days...
some calves bawl not at all, the worst only bawl some the first night or when switching from twice to once. Since my house is quite close to the corral, and I can't stand to hear them bawl, I really like doing it this way. Years ago I had dairy-cross cows that would sometimes get mastitis if the calf was weaned too abruptly--that's how I got this idea. I know it won't work if you are weaning more than a few at a time.