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<blockquote data-quote="Jeanne - Simme Valley" data-source="post: 699650" data-attributes="member: 968"><p>For being small and thin, they still seem to have some volume to them. They may come on really nicely. Just costly. Much more economical to have them put the pounds on with mom's milk & good grazing.</p><p>This winter, make sure your calving cows are in good condition BEFORE they calve, and then try to make sure they stay in that condition. Thin 2-year olds at calving have a real up-hill battle to get re-bred & produce enough milk for their calf while they are still cutting teeth.</p><p>If most of these calves are on 2-yr olds, I would definately wean them ASAP. It will help the dams put on weight and if you have started these calves on a creep feed, they should be ready to be weaned. Might think about a vaccination program for the calves.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jeanne - Simme Valley, post: 699650, member: 968"] For being small and thin, they still seem to have some volume to them. They may come on really nicely. Just costly. Much more economical to have them put the pounds on with mom's milk & good grazing. This winter, make sure your calving cows are in good condition BEFORE they calve, and then try to make sure they stay in that condition. Thin 2-year olds at calving have a real up-hill battle to get re-bred & produce enough milk for their calf while they are still cutting teeth. If most of these calves are on 2-yr olds, I would definately wean them ASAP. It will help the dams put on weight and if you have started these calves on a creep feed, they should be ready to be weaned. Might think about a vaccination program for the calves. [/QUOTE]
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